Emma Chapman

First Light (MP3-Download)

Switching on Stars at the Dawn of Time, revised edition Ungekürzte Lesung. 467 Min.
Sprecher: Chapman, Emma

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Produktbeschreibung

Bloomsbury presents First Light written and read by Emma Chapman. 'Illuminating and entertaining' The Washington Post Astronomers have successfully observed a great deal of the Universe's history, from recording the afterglow of the Big Bang to visualising the shadow of a black hole. However when it comes to understanding how the Universe began and grew, we have literally been in the dark. This book tells the story of the Cosmic Dawn – the time when the very first stars burst into life. These celestial giants were hundreds of times more massive than the Sun and a million times more luminous: lonely blue stars that lived fast and died young in enormous explosions, seeding the Universe with the elements that would eventually make up life itself. First Light illuminates this previously unknown, billion-year timeline. Astrophysicist Emma Chapman tells how these stars formed, why they were so unusual and what they can teach us about the universe today. She also also gives a first-hand look at the immense telescopes that are taking us from the realm of theoretical physics towards the wonder of looking back in time using observational astronomy. This revised edition has been updated to contain the latest findings across astronomy, from radio interferometry to gravitational waves and contains a brand new chapter covering the triumphant discovery of the first galaxies by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Sigma
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472978790
• Artikelnr.: 70166970

Autorenporträt

Emma Chapman is a Royal Society research fellow based at Imperial College London, and one of the world’s leading researchers in search of the first stars to exist in our Universe. Emma is the recipient of multiple commendations and prizes, including the Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellowship, one of the most prestigious science fellowships in the UK. She was presented with the Royal Society Athena Medal in 2018 and highly commended in the UK L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science award in 2017. In 2014, she won the Institute of Physics Jocelyn Bell Burnell Prize. Emma is a respected public commentator, contributing regularly to the BBC on screen, over the airwaves and in printed media. She has presented at Cheltenham Science Festival, the European Open Science Forum and at New Scientist Live.@DrEOChapman

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Over the Rainbow
2: Where is Population III?
3: The Small Bang
4: A Lucky Cloud of Gas
5: The Dark Ages
6: Fragmenting Stars
7: Stellar Archaeology
8: Galactic Cannibalism
9: The Cosmic Dusk
10: The Epoch of Reionisation
11: Unknown Unknowns
References
Acknowledgements
Index

Rezensionen

An illuminating—and entertaining—look at the earliest stars of our cosmos. Chapman is a witty and straightforward guide … and her enthusiasm for the chase is infectious. First Light conveys the wonder and mystery of darkness suddenly illuminated by magnificent starlight.