{"product_id":"extreme-cosmos-a-guided-tour-of-the-fastest-brightest-hottest-heaviest-oldest-and-most-amazing-aspects-of-our-universe-9780399537516","title":"Extreme Cosmos: A Guided Tour of the Fastest, Brightest, Hottest, Heaviest, Oldest, and Most Amazing Aspects of Our Universe","description":"\u003cb\u003eA top astronomer explores the universe through the lens of its most jaw-dropping extremes. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe universe is all about extremes, and in this engaging and thought-provoking book, astronomer Bryan Gaensler gives a whirlwind tour of the galaxies, with an emphasis on its fastest, hottest, heaviest, brightest, oldest, densest, and even loudest elements. From supernova explosions a billion times brighter than the sun to an asteroid the size of a beach ball, \u003ci\u003eExtreme Cosmos\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fascinating, fresh, and informed perspective of the remarkable richness of the universe, and the incredible physics that modern astronomy has revealed.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bryan Gaensler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780399537516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/21\/2012 pg. 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/10\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBryan Gaensler, PhD, \u003c\/b\u003e an Australian astronomer, is currently the director of the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto. He was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2013 and won the Scopus Young Researcher of the Year Award in Physical Science, as well as the Pawsey Medal. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eExtreme Cosmos\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45461310931059,"sku":"9780399537516","price":32.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_c7294f4e-1a81-4428-9b0a-4fe1b6794feb.jpg?v=1788864877","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/extreme-cosmos-a-guided-tour-of-the-fastest-brightest-hottest-heaviest-oldest-and-most-amazing-aspects-of-our-universe-9780399537516","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}