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作       者:Professor Brian Cox,Andrew Cohen

出  版  社:HarperCollins Publishers

出版时间:2017-03-09

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Professor Brian Cox, OBE is a particle physicist, a Royal Society research fellow, and a professor at the University of Manchester as well as researcher on one of the most ambitious experiments on Earth, the ATLAS experiment on the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. He is best known to the public as a science broadcaster and presenter of the popular BBC Wonders trilogy. Andrew Cohen is Head of the BBC Science Unit and the Executive Producer of the BBC series Human Universe. He has been responsible for a wide range of science documentaries including Horizon, the Wonders trilogy and Stargazing Live. He lives in London with his wife and three children.
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Title Page

Copyright

Praise for Professor Brian Cox

Dedication

Contents

Chapter 1: Symmetry

The Universe in a Snowflake

Why do Bees Build Hexagons?

Knocking on the Doors of Chemistry

The Fundamental Building Blocks and the Forces of Nature

Why is the Earth a Sphere?

Why does Life Come in So Many Shapes and Sizes?

Symmetry and Symmetry Breaking in Biology

The Universe in a Snowflake

Chapter 2: Motion

Somewhere in Spacetime

Life on an Orbiting Planet: The Seasons

The Formation of the Earth and Moon

Life on an Orbiting Planet: Storms

Life on an Orbiting, Spinning Planet: The Tides

Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity

Somewhere in Spacetime

Spacetime Calculations

Chapter 3: Elements

The Moth and the Flame

Chemistry is all About the Movement of Electrons

Frankenstein’s Monsters

On the Origin of Species: A Framework to Make Sense of Life on Earth

The Oldest Life on Earth

A Warm Little Pond?

Life, Thermodynamics and Entropy

The Moth and the Flame

A Very Different Eden

Life Beyond Earth

Chapter 4: Colour

Pale Blue Dot

The Rainbow Connection

Why does the Sun Shine?

The Nuclear Physics of the Sun

Why do Hot Things Shine?: Part 1: James Clerk Maxwell and the Golden Age of Wireless

Why do Hot Things Shine?: Part 2: Max Planck and the Quantum Revolution

A Serendipitous Aside; The Solar Neutrino Problem

Pale Blue Green Planet: Part 1: The Oceans

Pale Blue Green Planet: Part 2: The Sky

Pale Blue Green Planet: Part 3: The Land

Pale Coloured Dots

Plate Section

Picture Credits

Index

By the Same Author

Acknowledgements

About the Authors

About the Publisher

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