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15 Million Degrees - A Journey to the Centre of the Sun (Paperback) Loot Price: R312
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15 Million Degrees - A Journey to the Centre of the Sun (Paperback): Lucie Green

15 Million Degrees - A Journey to the Centre of the Sun (Paperback)

Lucie Green

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110 times wider than Earth; 15 million degrees at its core; an atmosphere so huge that Earth is actually within it: come and meet the star of our solar system Light takes eight minutes to reach Earth from the surface of the Sun. But its journey within the Sun takes hundreds of thousands of years. What is going on in there? What are light and heat? How does the Sun produce them and how on earth did scientists discover this? In this astonishing and enlightening adventure, you'll travel millions of miles from inside the Sun to its surface and to Earth, where the light at the end of its journey is allowing you to read right now. You'll discover how the Sun works (including what it sounds like), the latest research in solar physics and how a solar storm could threaten everything we know. And you'll meet the groundbreaking scientists, including the author, who pieced this extraordinary story together.

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Imprint: Penguin Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: February 2017
Authors: Lucie Green
Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 978-0-241-96355-5
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Popular astronomy
Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Space travel & exploration
LSN: 0-241-96355-9
Barcode: 9780241963555

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