Time in powers of ten : natural phenomena and their timescales
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QB981 .H69 2014
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Physical Desc
xviii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm
Language
English
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"With a foreword by Steven Weinberg"--Cover.
General Note
Originally published in Dutch as Tijd in Machten van tien : Natuurverschijnselen en hun tijdschalen. Diemen : Veen Magazines, ©2011.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-196) and index.
Description
"In this richly illustrated book, Nobel laureate Gerard 't Hooft and theoretical physicist Stefan Vandoren describe the enormous diversity of natural phenomena that take place at different timescales. In the tradition of the bestseller Powers of Ten, the authors zoom in and out in time, each step with a factor of ten. Starting from one second, timescales are enlarged until processes are reached that take much longer than the age of the universe. After the largest possible eternities, the reader is treated to the shortest and fastest phenomena known. Then the authors increase with powers of ten, until again the second is reached at the end of the book."--Page 4 of cover.
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Translated from the Dutch.
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SACFinal081324
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hooft, G. '., Vandoren, S., Eisberg-'t Hooft, S., & Weinberg, S. (2014). Time in powers of ten: natural phenomena and their timescales . World Scientific.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)G. 't, Hooft et al.. 2014. Time in Powers of Ten: Natural Phenomena and Their Timescales. New Jersey: World Scientific.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)G. 't, Hooft et al.. Time in Powers of Ten: Natural Phenomena and Their Timescales New Jersey: World Scientific, 2014.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Hooft, G. '., Vandoren, S., Eisberg-'t Hooft, S. and Weinberg, S. (2014). Time in powers of ten: natural phenomena and their timescales. New Jersey: World Scientific.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hooft, G. 't,, S Vandoren, Saskia Eisberg-'t Hooft, and Steven Weinberg. Time in Powers of Ten: Natural Phenomena and Their Timescales World Scientific, 2014.
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