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The Resource The Edge of the Sky : All You Need to Know About the All-There-Is, (electronic resource)
The Edge of the Sky : All You Need to Know About the All-There-Is, (electronic resource)
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The item The Edge of the Sky : All You Need to Know About the All-There-Is, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item The Edge of the Sky : All You Need to Know About the All-There-Is, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- From the big bang to black holes, from dark matter to dark energy, from the origins of the universe to its ultimate destiny, The Edge of the Sky tells the story of the most important discoveries and mysteries in modern cosmology<U+0151>with a twist. The book's lexicon is limited to the thousand most common words in the English language, excluding physics, energy, galaxy, or even universe. Through the eyes of a fictional scientist (Student-People) hunting for dark matter with one of the biggest telescopes (Big-Seers) on Earth (Home-World), cosmologist Roberto Tr
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (113 p.)
- Note
- Description based upon print version of record
- Contents
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- What''s Inside; Before You Read This Book ; About the Guy Who Wrote This Book ; The Ten Hundred Most-Used Words in Our Tongue ; 1. The First Night ; 2. The Crazy Stars ; 3. A Bigger Place ; 4. The Big Flash ; 5. Dark Rain ; 6. Whispers From the Dark ; 7. Death by Fire; 8. The Dark Push ; 9. Is the All-There-Is All There Is? ; 10. When the Sun Comes Up; Thanks ; Some Expressions Explained
- Isbn
- 9780465044900
- Label
- The Edge of the Sky : All You Need to Know About the All-There-Is
- Title
- The Edge of the Sky
- Title remainder
- All You Need to Know About the All-There-Is
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From the big bang to black holes, from dark matter to dark energy, from the origins of the universe to its ultimate destiny, The Edge of the Sky tells the story of the most important discoveries and mysteries in modern cosmology<U+0151>with a twist. The book's lexicon is limited to the thousand most common words in the English language, excluding physics, energy, galaxy, or even universe. Through the eyes of a fictional scientist (Student-People) hunting for dark matter with one of the biggest telescopes (Big-Seers) on Earth (Home-World), cosmologist Roberto Tr
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Trotta, Roberto
- Dewey number
- 523.1
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- QB982 .T76 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cosmology
- Astronomy
- Science
- SCIENCE / Astronomy
- Label
- The Edge of the Sky : All You Need to Know About the All-There-Is, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Description based upon print version of record
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Color
- multicolored
- Contents
- What''s Inside; Before You Read This Book ; About the Guy Who Wrote This Book ; The Ten Hundred Most-Used Words in Our Tongue ; 1. The First Night ; 2. The Crazy Stars ; 3. A Bigger Place ; 4. The Big Flash ; 5. Dark Rain ; 6. Whispers From the Dark ; 7. Death by Fire; 8. The Dark Push ; 9. Is the All-There-Is All There Is? ; 10. When the Sun Comes Up; Thanks ; Some Expressions Explained
- Control code
- ocn887498505
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (113 p.)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780465044900
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)887498505
- Label
- The Edge of the Sky : All You Need to Know About the All-There-Is, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Description based upon print version of record
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Color
- multicolored
- Contents
- What''s Inside; Before You Read This Book ; About the Guy Who Wrote This Book ; The Ten Hundred Most-Used Words in Our Tongue ; 1. The First Night ; 2. The Crazy Stars ; 3. A Bigger Place ; 4. The Big Flash ; 5. Dark Rain ; 6. Whispers From the Dark ; 7. Death by Fire; 8. The Dark Push ; 9. Is the All-There-Is All There Is? ; 10. When the Sun Comes Up; Thanks ; Some Expressions Explained
- Control code
- ocn887498505
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (113 p.)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780465044900
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)887498505
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