Coming of Age in the Milky WayTwelve years in the making and impeccably researched, Coming of Age in the Milky Way chronicles the awakening of the human species to the vastness of our cosmos and shows how each time the model of the universe has been altered, tremors have rumbled through such realms as theology and politics. Illustrated. |
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... neutrinos , a few of which betrayed their presence by smashing into atoms in the vats of water and stacks of concrete and metal that had been assembled to look for proton decay . This came in handy in 1987 , when a supernova blazed ...
... neutrinos , a few of which betrayed their presence by smashing into atoms in the vats of water and stacks of concrete and metal that had been assembled to look for proton decay . This came in handy in 1987 , when a supernova blazed ...
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... neutrino decoupling . Though the universe at this time is denser than rock ( and as hot as the explosion of a hydrogen bomb ) it has already begun to look vacuous to the neutrinos . Since neutrinos react only to the weak force , which ...
... neutrino decoupling . Though the universe at this time is denser than rock ( and as hot as the explosion of a hydrogen bomb ) it has already begun to look vacuous to the neutrinos . Since neutrinos react only to the weak force , which ...
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... Neutrino decoupling , 344 Neutrinos , 264 , 265 , 327 , 344 Neutrons , 256 as fermions , 292 quarks and , 296 , 338 , 340 symmetry and , 307 Neutron star , 279 Newton , Humphrey , 113 , 115-116 Newton , Isaac , 101 , 103-122 , 127 , 128 ...
... Neutrino decoupling , 344 Neutrinos , 264 , 265 , 327 , 344 Neutrons , 256 as fermions , 292 quarks and , 296 , 338 , 340 symmetry and , 307 Neutron star , 279 Newton , Humphrey , 113 , 115-116 Newton , Isaac , 101 , 103-122 , 127 , 128 ...
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