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The zoomable universe

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In The Zoomable Universe, the award-winning astrobiologist Caleb Scharf and the acclaimed artist Ron Miller take us on an epic tour through all known scales of reality, from the largest possible magnitude to the smallest. Drawing on cutting-edge science, they begin at the limits of the observable universe, a scale spanning 10^27 meters―about 93 billion light-years. And they end in the subatomic realm, at 10^-35 meters, where the fabric of space-time itself confounds all known rules of physics. In between are galaxies, stars and planets, oceans and continents, plants and animals, microorganisms, atoms, and much, much more. Stops along the way―all enlivened by Scharf’s sparkling prose and his original insights into the nature of our universe―include the brilliant core of the Milky Way, the surface o

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Series Title

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Call Number

523 SCH z

Publisher

New York : Scientific American., 2017

Collation

206 p. ; ill. ; 24 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780374715717

Classification

500

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Edition

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Subject(s)

Astronomy
Science
Universe

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Statement of Responsibility

Caleb Scharf

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Level

High School

Book Segment

Select -- Reading for pleasure

Reading Level

Independent

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