How to Die in Space: A Journey Through Dangerous Astrophysical Phenomena

About this book

A brilliant and breathtakingly vivid tour of the universe describing the physics of the dangerous the deadly and the scary in the cosmos. So youve fallen in love with space and now you want to see it for yourself huh? You want to witness the birth of a star or visit the black hole at the center of our galaxy? You want to know if there are aliens out there or how to travel through a wormhole? You want the wonders of the universe revealed before your very eyes? Well stop because all that will probably kill you. From mundane comets in our solar backyard to exotic remnants of the Big Bang from dying stars to young galaxies the universe may be beautiful but its treacherous. Through metaphors and straightforward language it breathes life into astrophysics unveiling how particles and forces and fields interplay to create the drama in the heavens above us.