ORIGINS

ISBN: 9781626614819 Géneros: PSAJ Sinópsis: About 138 billion years ago the universe was born with space and time coming into being in the same instant By the time the universe was 1 second old the four forces in nature had acquired their present characteristics elementary particles had obtained their mass and particles constituting the nuclei of atoms were created The nuclei of light elements hydrogen and helium were formed within the first 10 minutes of the birth of the universe with the first stable atoms coming to existence when the universe was 380000 years old Over the next billions of years the first generation of stars and galaxies formed planetary systems came into existence and life on Earth appeared and evolved resulting today’s plants and animals Origins The Story of the Beginning of Everything is a fascinating tale of the beginning of the universe the origin of life the start of civilization and everything in between The text explores the nature of space and time the origin of particles mass and chemical elements and the first stars and galaxies Readers learn about the origin of the planetary systems and Earth the genesis of life on Earth and the dawning of agriculture the first cities civilization and language The book takes readers on a journey to the depth of space and beginning of time to where stars and galaxies formed and life started a place and a time no one has ever been This journey does not exhaust us physically but enriches us intellectually Through the text readers can better understand themselves and their position in the world The book provides a wellorganized and comprehensive response to the question of where everything comes from in the most basic and scientific senses The book is wellsuited to courses in astronomy and physicsBahram Mobasher earned his PhD in observational cosmology at the University of Durham in the United Kingdom He performed research as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Leicester and