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Author:

Scharf, Caleb A., 1968-

Title:

The zoomable universe : an epic tour through cosmic scale, from almost everything to nearly nothing / Caleb Scharf ; illustrations by Ron Miller ; and 5W Infographics.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Scientific American/FarrarStraus, and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xi, 206 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Cosmology--Popular works.
Large scale structure (Astronomy)--Popular works.
Inflationary universe--Popular works.
Astrophysics--Popular works.

Other Authors:

Miller, Ron, 1947- illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-204).

Contents:

Almost everything -- Darkness and light -- The slow, the fast, and the fantastic -- Planets, planets, planets -- A world we call Earth -- Being conscious in the cosmos -- From many to one -- The undergrowth -- The emptiness of matter -- It's full of...fields -- From nearly nothing to almost everything.

ISBN:

0374715718
9780374715717

OCLC:

(OCoLC)969197171

LCCN:

2017001222

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

JBPC145 -- Coon Rapids Public Library (Coon Rapids)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)