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The Biggest Bangs: The Mystery of Gamma-Ray Bursts, The Most Violent Explosions in the Universe Tapa dura - 2002

de Jonathan I. Katz

A professor of physics explains how scientists are unraveling gamma ray bursts, one of the great mysteries of astronomy. 28 line illustrations.


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Gamma-ray bursts are about ten times more energetic than the most powerful supernovae. At their peak, they are the brightest objects in space, about 100,000 times brighter than an entire galaxy. In The Biggest Bangs, astrophysicist Jonathan Katz offers a fascinating account of the scientific quest to unravel the mystery of these incredible phenomena. With an eye for colorful detail and a talent for translating scientific jargon into plain English, Katz ranges from the accidental discovery of gamma-ray bursts (by a Cold War satellite system monitoring the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty) to the frustrating but ultimately successful efforts to localize these bursts in distant galaxies.

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On December 7, 1941, the "date which will live in infamy," a surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, sank much of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet, shocked Americans from their naive isolationism, and carved a permanent mark in the national character: never again would the United States permit itself to be caught by surprise.

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  • Título The Biggest Bangs: The Mystery of Gamma-Ray Bursts, The Most Violent Explosions in the Universe
  • Autor Jonathan I. Katz
  • Encuadernación Tapa dura
  • Edición First Edition
  • Páginas 240
  • Volúmenes 1
  • Idioma ENG
  • Editorial Oxford University Press, USA, New York
  • Fecha de publicación 2002-06-06
  • Ilustrado
  • ISBN 9780195145700 / 0195145704
  • Peso 1.08 libras (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensiones 9.46 x 6.54 x 0.76 pulgadas (24.03 x 16.61 x 1.93 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Gamma ray bursts
  • Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2001036545
  • Dewey Decimal Code 522.686

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Jonathan Katz earned his Ph.D. at Cornell University at the age of twenty-two. A Professor of Physics at Washington University in St. Louis, he has worked on problems as diverse as X-ray stars, earthquakes, the fracture of glass, and gamma-ray bursts.
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