Elephants in Space The Past, Present and Future of Life and the Universe /

• Main Author: Moore, Ben (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Astronomers' Universe,
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Popular Science in Astronomy.

This book is about the history and future of life and the universe, written at a level that any educated lay-person can understand and enjoy. It describes our place in time and space, how we got here and where we are going. It will take you on a journey from the beginning of time to the end of the u...

Table of Contents:

• A brief history of human knowledge and discovery
• What we know and how we know it
• The big bang
• The origin of stars, planets and galaxies
• One day
• The brain
• Life in our universe
• Tomorrow
• The future of our visible universe
• What we do not know
• The final chapter
• Glossary.