Time in Powers of Ten: Natural Phenomena and Their Timescales

Name: Time in Powers of Ten: Natural Phenomena and Their Timescales
Brand: World Scientific Publishing Company
SKU: 9789814489812-G
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By Gerard T Hooft

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In this richly illustrated book, Nobel Laureate Gerard 't Hooft and Theoretical Physicist Stefan Vandoren describe the enormous diversity of natural phenomena that take place at different time scales. In the tradition of the bestseller Powers of Ten, the authors zoom in and out in time, each step with a factor of ten. Starting from one second, time scales are enlarged until processes are reached that take much longer than the age of the universe. After the largest possible eternities, the reader is treated to the shortest and fastest phenomena known. Then the authors increase with powers of ten, until again the second is reached at the end of the book. At each time scale, interesting natural phenomena occur, spread over all scientific disciplines: orbital and rotation periods of planets and stars, decay times of elementary particles and atoms, biological rhythms and evolution processes, but also the different geological time scales.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 232
Release Date:: 2014-05-14
Publication Date:: 2014-05-19
Publisher:: World Scientific Publishing Company
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 9814489816
ISBN13:: 9789814489812
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 877 g
Height:: 254 cm
Width:: 266 cm
Thickness:: 15 cm

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