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PERIGEE Trade Paperback July 2012
EXTREME COSMOS
A Guided Tour of the Fastest, Brightest,
Hottest, Heaviest, Oldest, and Most
Amazing Aspects of Our Universe
Bryan Gaensler, PhD
978-0-399-53751-6 • $16.00/$17.00 Can.
Trade Paperback
240 pp./5 1/2” x 8 1/4”
Carton: 40
Science
Rights: V00
First serial, UK, audio: Perigee
(No Australia and New Zealand)
Other: University of New South Wales Press
University of New South Wales
Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Publishing History: Original
EAN: 9780399537516 51600
On sale July 3, 2012
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An astronomer explores the universe, through the
lens of its most jaw-dropping extremes.
A star-gazer since childhood, astronomer Bryan Gaensler has not lost his
wide-eyed fascination with the stars. In this engaging, accessible, and
eye-opening read, he gives readers a guided tour of the universe, with an
emphasis on the extremes of temperature, light, time, size, speed, mass,
sound, magnetism, gravity, and more.
From supernova explosions and massive nuclear fusion to the smallest
known asteroid (the size of a beach ball), Extreme Cosmos is a fascinating
read that will forever change the way readers view the stars.
“A joyous romp through the extreme universe...Gaensler’s book is so
good I am going to steal some of his ideas for my lectures. I have no
higher praise!” —Professor Robert P. Kirshner, Harvard University,
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author of The Extravagant Universe
• Written by one of the world’s top astronomers
• The book’s accessible and entertaining voice will appeal to readers of
pop science
Bryan Gaensler, Ph.D., is an astronomer and a professor of physics at the
Sydney Institute for Astronomy. His work has appeared in numerous scientific
journals, as well as in the New York Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, and
elsewhere.