{"product_id":"things-that-go-bump-in-the-universe-9781421446936","title":"Things That Go Bump in the Universe","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExperience the drama of the explosive cosmos and the astonishing discoveries being made about the universe's wildest phenomena.   The violent birth of the universe was only the first bang of a very bumpy ride. This unfathomably cacophonous beginning has spawned blasts, implosions, cosmic cannibalism, collisions, and countless other fleeting energetic events punctuating the cosmos. Although often brief, these transient phenomena pack a powerful punch. Armed with decades of theoretical progress, unrivaled computing power, and cutting-edge technology, astronomers find themselves at the cusp of understanding not just the events themselves, but also how those events reveal the story of the entire cosmos. In Things That Go Bump in the Universe, astronomer and science writer C. Renée James introduces us to her colleagues around the world, who are using pioneering research techniques to explore everything from the very first explosions in the universe to the dark energy that could destroy it a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike a pulsar, the book is at times dense, but it also dazzles. It recasts modern astronomy as the search for transient, explosive events, and the messages they contain if only we can decode them.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue. Flashes of Insight\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Catching Cosmic Fireflies\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Out of the Question\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Putting the \"Super\" in Supernova\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Star-Shattering Energy\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. The Search for Smoking Guns\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Detecting Cosmic Heartbeats\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Stellar Arrhythmia\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. (Almost) No Star Is an Island\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. The Making of a Superstar\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Cloudy with a Chance of Neutrinos\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Not \"The End\"\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. Collision Course\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. Fallen Stars\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. Don't Blink\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. Point Blank\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16. Cats, Rats, and Fantastic Beasts, and How to Tell Them Apart \u003cbr\u003eChapter 17. Cosmic Tremors\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18. The Return of the Furbies\u003cbr\u003eChapter 19. LIGO, We Have a Problem\u003cbr\u003eChapter 20. Impeccable Timing\u003cbr\u003eChapter 21. All Together Now\u003cbr\u003eChapter 22. Multiple Eyewitness Accounts\u003cbr\u003eChapter 23. Furbies—A New Hope\u003cbr\u003eChapter 24. The First Bumps in the Universe \u003cbr\u003eChapter 25. The Last Hurrah\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue. Ephemera\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866941862231,"sku":"9781421446936","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421446936.jpg?v=1722281015","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/things-that-go-bump-in-the-universe-9781421446936","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}