| Description |
304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
| Note |
"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2020."--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Over the rainbow -- Where is Population III? -- The small bang -- A lucky cloud of gas -- The dark ages -- Fragmenting stars -- Stellar archaeology -- Galactic cannibalism -- The cosmic dusk -- The epoch of reionisation -- Unknown unknowns. |
| Summary |
"This book tells the story of the Cosmic Dawn and Epoch of Reionisation: the time when the very first stars burst into life. These bodies were hundreds of times the size of the Sun and a million times more luminous, lonely blue giants that lived fast and died young in gigantic explosions, seeding the Universe with the heavy elements fundamental to the construction of galaxies, planets and eventually life itself."--Dust jacket flap. |
| Subject |
Stars -- History.
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Epoch of reionization.
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| ISBN |
1472962931 |
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9781472962935 |
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9781472962928 (hardcover) : $28.00 |
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1472962923 (hardcover) |
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