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9788418006081

El universo en expansión: Del Big Bang al Homo Sapiens / Expansion of the Universe: From the Big Bang to Homo Sapiens

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  • ISBN13:

    9788418006081

  • ISBN10:

    8418006080

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2020-07-21
  • Publisher: Debate
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Summary

La historia del origen y evolución del universo explicada de forma clara y concisa por uno de los investigadores más destacados en el campo de la astronomía.

El reconocido astrónomo chileno Mario Hamuy ofrece en su nuevo libro las herramientas indispensables para comprender de forma sencilla los temas centrales de la astronomía contemporánea y uno de los mayores hitos de la cosmología: la expansión acelerada del universo.

Lleva al lector por un viaje fascinante: exoplanetas, nebulosas planetarias, supernovas, materia oscura y agujeros negros, y explica cuestiones tan fundamentales como de qué forma se miden las distancias entre planetas, qué pasó después del Big Bang o, por ejemplo, quién es Edwin Hubble. Todo esto acompañado de anécdotas personales del autor e imágenes que ayudan a representar estos temas.

Un libro para ponerse al día en una de las ciencias que más pueden hablarnos sobre nuestro futuro como especie.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The origin and evolution of the universe explained clearly and concisely by one of the most prominent researchers in the field of astronomy.
 
Renowned Chilean astronomer Mario Hamuy offers in this his new book, essential tools to easily understand the central themes of contemporary astronomy and one of the greatest milestones in cosmology: the accelerated expansion of the universe.
 
He takes the reader on a fascinating journey: exoplanets, planetary nebulae, supernovae, dark matter, and black holes, and explains such fundamental questions as how the distances between planets are measured, what happened after the Big Bang or, for example, who is Edwin Hubble?  All this accompanied by the author’s personal anecdotes and images that help him illustrate these themes.
 
A book to help us catch up on one of the sciences that can inform us about our future as a species.

Author Biography

Mario Hamuy (Santiago, 1960) es astrónomo y académico de la Universidad de Chile. Doctor en Astronomía por la Universidad de Arizona, fue investigador del Centro de Astrofísica y Tecnologías Afines (CATA). Actualmente es presidente de CONICYT .

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