First light

First light Switching on stars at the dawn of time

Emma Chapman

Book - 2021

"This book tells the story of the Cosmic Dawn and Epoch of Reionisation: the time when the very first stars burst into life. These bodies were hundreds of times the size of the Sun and a million times more luminous, lonely blue giants that lived fast and died young in gigantic explosions, seeding the Universe with the heavy elements fundamental to the construction of galaxies, planets and eventually life itself."--Dust jacket flap.

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Subjects
Stars > History.
Epoch of reionization.
Published
London ; New York : Bloomsbury Sigma [2021]
Language
English
Main Author
Emma Chapman (author)
Item Description
"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2020."--Title page verso.
Physical Description
304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781472962942
9781472962928
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Over the Rainbow
  • Chapter 2. Where is Population III?
  • Chapter 3. The Small Bang
  • Chapter 4. A Lucky Cloud of Gas
  • Chapter 5. The Dark Ages
  • Chapter 6. Fragmenting Stars
  • Chapter 7. Stellar Archaeology
  • Chapter 8. Galactic Cannibalism
  • Chapter 9. The Cosmic Dusk
  • Chapter 10. The Epoch of Reionisation
  • Chapter 11. Unknown Unknowns
  • References
  • Acknowledgements
  • Index

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