First Light
Switching on Stars at the Dawn of Time
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 11 September 2025
- Number of Volumes Paperback
- ISBN 9781399427432
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages304 pages
- Size 196x128x22 mm
- Weight 230 g
- Language English
- Illustrations Black and white illustrations throughout and an 8-page colour section 700
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Short description:
First Light opens a window into a previously dark and secret time in our Universe's history - the time when the first stars were born.
MoreLong description:
'Illuminating and entertaining'
The Washington Post
Astronomers have successfully observed a great deal of the Universe's history, from recording the afterglow of the Big Bang to visualising the shadow of a black hole. However when it comes to understanding how the Universe began and grew, we have literally been in the dark.
This book tells the story of the Cosmic Dawn - the time when the very first stars burst into life. These celestial giants were hundreds of times more massive than the Sun and a million times more luminous: lonely blue stars that lived fast and died young in enormous explosions, seeding the Universe with the elements that would eventually make up life itself.
First Light illuminates this previously unknown, billion-year timeline. Astrophysicist Emma Chapman tells how these stars formed, why they were so unusual and what they can teach us about the universe today. She also also gives a first-hand look at the immense telescopes that are taking us from the realm of theoretical physics towards the wonder of looking back in time using observational astronomy. This revised edition has been updated to contain the latest findings across astronomy, from radio interferometry to gravitational waves and contains a brand new chapter covering the triumphant discovery of the first galaxies by the James Webb Space Telescope.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
1: Over the Rainbow
2: Where is Population III?
3: The Small Bang
4: A Lucky Cloud of Gas
5: The Dark Ages
6: Fragmenting Stars
7: Stellar Archaeology
8: Galactic Cannibalism
9: The Cosmic Dusk
10. The First Galaxies
11: The Epoch of Reionisation
12: Unknown Unknowns
References
Acknowledgements
Index
