Overview
- Presents quizzes spanning from the earliest astronomers to the present day
- An entertaining trivia game about the cosmos, perfect for all astronomy enthusiasts
- Free for readers: Additional questions and answers about the book content in the Springer Nature Flashcards app
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Popular Astronomy (POPULAR)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
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).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Quizzer’s Guide to the Cosmos
Book Subtitle: 500 Questions About the Universe (with Answers)
Authors: Stephen Webb
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52437-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-52436-3Published: 19 April 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-52437-0Published: 18 April 2024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 369
Number of Illustrations: 52 b/w illustrations
Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Science and Technology Studies, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques