Bøger af Moiya McTier

NOMBRADO MEJOR LIBRO DE 2022 POR PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Y MEJOR AUDIOLIBRO DE 2022 POR BOOKPAGE«TODOS USTEDES EXISTEN GRACIAS A MÍ».Con miles de millones de años de ser testigo de la vida en la Tierra, de ver a cien mil millones de humanos en su vida cotidiana, de sentirse increíblemente sola y de escuchar su propia historia contada por otros, a la Vía Láctea (con sus cien mil millones de estrellas y cincuenta undecillones de toneladas de gas) le gustaría hablar por sí misma.Todo comenzó hace unos trece mil millones de años, cuando las nubes de gas esparcidas por el plasma primordial del universo sucumbieron a su atracción gravitacional y nació la Vía Láctea. Desde entonces, la galaxia ha visto cómo la energía oscura alejó a sus primeros amigos, cómo los humanos mitificaron su nombre y propósito, y cómo los arqueólogos galácticos trabajaron para determinar su verdadera edad. La Vía Láctea ha absorbido agujeros negros supermasivos, se ha convertido en enemiga de algunos vecinos galácticos y ha llorado la muerte de innumerables estrellas, incluso se ha enamorado.La Vía Láctea siente que ya acumuló suficiente experiencia como para relatarnos su historia y el futuro del universo desde su punto de vista, haciendo gala de un conocimiento astronómico fuera de este mundo.

In this approachable and fascinating biography of the galaxy, an astrophysicist and folklorist details everything humans have discovered—from the Milky Way's formation to its eventual death, and what else there is to learn about the universe we call home.  After a few billion years of bearing witness to life on Earth, of watching one hundred billion humans go about their day-to-day lives, of feeling unbelievably lonely, and of hearing its own story told by others, The Milky Way would like a chance to speak for itself. All one hundred billion stars and fifty undecillion tons of gas of it. It all began some thirteen billion years ago, when clouds of gas scattered through the universe's primordial plasma just could not keep their metaphorical hands off each other. They succumbed to their gravitational attraction, and the galaxy we know as the Milky Way was born. Since then, the galaxy has watched as dark energy pushed away its first friends, as humans mythologized its name and purpose, and as galactic archaeologists have worked to determine its true age (rude). The Milky Way has absorbed supermassive (an actual technical term) black holes, made enemies of a few galactic neighbors, and mourned the deaths of countless stars. Our home galaxy has even fallen in love. After all this time, the Milky Way finally feels that it's amassed enough experience for the juicy tell-all we've all been waiting for. Its fascinating autobiography recounts the history and future of the universe in accessible but scientific detail, presenting a summary of human astronomical knowledge thus far that is unquestionably out of this world.   NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND SCIENCENET NAMED A BEST AUDIOBOOK OF 2022 BY BOOKPAGE

Astrophysicist and folklorist Dr. Moiya McTier channels The Milky Way in this approachable and utterly fascinating autobiography of the titular galaxy, detailing what humans have discovered about everything from its formation to its eventual death, and what more there is to learn about this galaxy we call home.