Tweeting the universe - tiny explanations of very big ideas

Two science writers answer 140 of the biggest questions in physics, distilling the essence of each subject into tweets of 140 characters. Questions cover everything from the most basic - Why is the sky dark at night? Why do stars twinkle? - to the most challenging - What are quasars? What happened before the Big Bang?

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Subject(s)Space, Physics, Science
Author(s)Marcus Chown, Govert Schilling
Published2011
Shelf referenceESA 523.1 CHO
ISN/ISBN978-0-571-27843-5
Direct URLhttps://www.stem.org.uk/xhxf6

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