Book Overview: Children of the Stars
Children of the Stars
Our Origin, Evolution and Destiny
Daniel R. Altschuler
University of Puerto Rico
Hardback
(ISBN-13: 9780521812122 | ISBN-10: 0521812127)
Are we alone in the Universe? What is our place in it? How did we get here? We have long searched for the answers to questions such as these, and scientists are beginning to find some of the answers. In this beautifully illustrated book, Daniel Altschuler provides the reader with the elements to understand the questions and their answers as far as we know them. He explores subjects from physics and astronomy, to geology and palaeontology. Along the way he touches on topics such as the search for life on other worlds and the hazards of asteroid impacts. Daniel Altschuler is director of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. He writes in an engaging and readable style with wit, warmth and erudition at a level that any interested reader can understand.
• Offers a wide ranging tale of discovery, in a concise and quick-paced book • Enhanced by a set of carefully selected illustrations of striking beauty • A blend of science, history and social commentary written at a level that any interested reader can understand
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Contents
Preface; 1. Cooking the elements; 2. The fertilization of space; 3. The birth of planets; 4. Mother Earth; 5. Life; 6. Close encounters of many kinds; 7. Other worlds; 8. The dark crystal ball; 9. Epilogue; Appendix A. Some numbers; Appendix B. World scientists’ warning to humanity.
Details
- 4 line diagrams 114 half-tones
- Page extent: 276 pages
- Size: 247 x 174 mm
- Weight: 0.783 kg
Library of Congress
- Dewey number: 520
- Dewey version: 21
- LC Classification: QB44.3 .A58 2002
- LC Subject headings: Astronomy–Popular works