The Chemical Cosmos (Record no. 100562)

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International Standard Book Number 9781441984449
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Standard number or code 10.1007/978-1-4419-8444-9
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Classification number QC1-75
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Subject category code PH
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Subject category code SCI055000
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 530
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Miller, Steve.
Relator term author.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Chemical Cosmos
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title A Guided Tour /
Statement of responsibility, etc by Steve Miller.
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-- New York, NY :
-- Springer New York,
-- 2012.
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Extent XII, 236 p. 25 illus., 22 illus. in color.
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Series statement Astronomers' Universe,
International Standard Serial Number 1614-659X
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Prologue -- Purple haze: introducing our guide -- The early universe: the source of chemistry – and of our guide -- Shooting the rapids: the life, and death, of the earliest starlight -- Interlude - how our guide is hooked, lost and caught again -- Heading downstream and cooking by starlight -- Fishing for molecules -- Branching out: in the land of the giants and dwarves -- Interlude - trawling for our cosmic guide -- In the delta: exoplanets - worlds, but not as we know them -- Towards the sea of life -- Epilogue -- Annotated references and further reading to chapters -- Some useful numbers -- Index.
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Summary, etc If you have ever wondered how we get from the awesome impersonality of the Big Bang universe to the point where living creatures can start to form, and evolve into beings like you, your friends and your family, wonder no more. Steve Miller provides us with a tour through the chemical evolution of the universe, from the formation of the first molecules all the way to the chemicals required for life to evolve. Using a simple Hydrogen molecule – known as H-three-plus - as a guide, he takes us on a journey that starts with the birth of the first stars, and how, in dying, they pour their hearts out into enriching the universe in which we live. Our molecular guide makes its first appearance at the source of the Chemical Cosmos, at a time when only three elements and a total of 11 molecules existed. From those simple beginnings, H-three-plus guides us down river on the violent currents of exploding stars, through the streams of the Interstellar Medium, and into the delta where new stars and planets form. We are finally left on the shores of the sea of life. Along the way, we meet the key characters who have shaped our understanding of the chemistry of the universe, such as Cambridge physicist J.J. Thomson and the Chicago chemist Takeshi Oka. And we are given an insider’s view of just how astronomers, making use of telescopes and Earth-orbiting satellites, have put together our modern view of the Chemical Cosmos.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Physics.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Chemistry, Physical organic.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Astronomy.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Physics.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Physics, general.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Popular Science in Astronomy.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Planetology.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Physical Chemistry.
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9781441984432
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Uniform title Astronomers' Universe,
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