The Quizzer's Guide to the Cosmos: 500 Questions about the Universe (with Answers)
暫譯: 宇宙測驗指南：500個關於宇宙的問題（附答案）
Webb, Stephen
- 出版商: Springer
- 出版日期: 2024-04-19
- 售價: $1,020
- 貴賓價: 9.8 折 $999
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 369
- 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
- ISBN: 3031524365
- ISBN-13: 9783031524363
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相關分類:
物理學 Physics
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商品描述
Have you ever gazed up at the night sky and wondered how many stars you can see? Whether the universe is infinite? Or, more prosaically, what the chances are of you being hit by a rock from space? The Quizzer's Guide to the Cosmos is here to satisfy your curiosity by offering an overview of the history of astronomy, from the earliest beginnings through to the most recent discoveries. This isn't a typical astronomy book, however -- it's packed with a 500-question multiple-choice quiz that not only makes the book more interactive but also helps you retain information and lets you test your knowledge of some of the most captivating concepts in science.
The book will appeal to astronomy buffs and to general quiz afficianados alike.
Digital questions and answers also via app: Download the Springer Nature Flashcards app free of charge and test your knowledge.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
你是否曾仰望夜空，想知道你能看到多少顆星星？宇宙是否是無限的？或者，更平實地說，你被太空中的岩石擊中的機率有多大？《宇宙測驗指南》旨在滿足你的好奇心，提供從最早的天文學起源到最新發現的歷史概述。然而，這本書並不是一本典型的天文學書籍——它包含了500道選擇題的測驗，不僅使書籍更具互動性，還幫助你記憶資訊，並讓你測試自己對一些最迷人的科學概念的了解。
這本書將吸引天文愛好者和一般測驗愛好者 alike。
數位問題和答案也可透過應用程式獲得：免費下載Springer Nature Flashcards應用程式，測試你的知識。
作者簡介
Following a first-class honours degree in Physics from the University of Bristol and a PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Manchester Stephen Webb has worked at a number of UK universities. In addition to shorter works, he has published nine books - one of which won the SETI League award and was shortlisted for the Aventis Prize (now Royal Society Winton Prize) for best science book. He is active in outreach activities, having spoken at numerous international conferences, podcasts and radio shows, and his 2018 TED Talk has been viewed over 6 million times. He has published an undergraduate textbook Measuring the Universe (Springer, 1999) as well as several popular science books, among them New Eyes on the Universe (Springer, 2012) and the second edition of If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY? (Springer, 2015).
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
在布里斯托大學獲得一級榮譽物理學學位後，並在曼徹斯特大學獲得理論物理學博士學位的史蒂芬·韋布曾在多所英國大學工作。除了短篇作品外，他已出版九本書籍，其中一本獲得SETI聯盟獎，並入圍了Aventis獎（現為皇家學會溫頓獎）最佳科學書籍獎。他積極參與外展活動，曾在多個國際會議、播客和廣播節目上發言，並且他的2018年TED演講已被觀看超過600萬次。他出版了一本本科教科書測量宇宙（Springer, 1999），以及幾本科普書籍，其中包括宇宙的新視野（Springer, 2012）和如果宇宙充滿外星人... 那麼大家在哪裡？第二版（Springer, 2015）。
