From Quark to Quasar

by Peter Cadogan and Cadogan

From the invisibly small world of elementary particles to the inconceivable immensity of the most remote astronomical objects, extremes of size and distance are lmost impossible to imagine. From Quark to Quasar takes the reader on a pictorial journey spanning some 42 orders of magnitude to provide a unique insight into the scale of our universe. Following an introduction to the methods used to measure distances, the book proceeds from familiar, everyday...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521301351
• ISBN13: 9780521301350
• Release Date: December 1985
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.