Title Big bangs and black holes : a graphic novel guide to the universe / script and illustrations, Herji ; theoretical background, Francfort ; translated by Jeffrey K.. Butt ; with the participation of Nobel Prize Laureate Michel Mayor.

Publication Info.	Lausanne, Switzerland : Helvetiq, 2023.
	©2023

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Edition	First edition.
Description	64 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Note	Includes glossary of terms.
Summary	"Go back in time with Nobel Prize laureate Michel Mayor to understand the secrets of the Universe and meet the great names in physics: Newton, Einstein and many more. This graphic-novel guide to the Universe explains complex ideas in a way anyone can understand. It's a book full of adventure-- as well as some of the most important concepts humankind has ever studied. On the program: gravitational waves, the theory of relativity, black holes-- and more!"--back cover.
Contents	Cosmology -- The Big Bang -- Cosmic microwave background -- Gravitational waves -- Black holes -- Laws of gravity and motion -- Michel Mayor -- Galileo -- Isaac Newton -- Voltaire -- Space-time -- General relativity -- Einstein -- The Schwarzschild solution -- The Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker solution -- The standard model of cosmology -- Electrons, photons, and quarks -- Redshift -- Henrietta Swan Leavitt -- Schwarzchild radius -- Event horizon -- Spaghettification -- Gravitational singularity -- Dark matter -- Dark energy.
Language	Translated from French.
Subject	Relativity (Physics) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
	Gravitational waves -- Comic books, strips, etc.
	Black holes (Astronomy) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
	Astrophysics -- Comic books, strips, etc.
	Universe -- Comic books, strips, etc.
	Cosmology.
	Relativity (Physics)
	Gravitational waves.
	Black holes (Astronomy)
	Astrophysics.
	Universe.
	Astrophysics. (OCoLC)fst00819797
	Black holes (Astronomy) (OCoLC)fst00833708
	Gravitational waves. (OCoLC)fst00946882
	Relativity (Physics) (OCoLC)fst01093604
	Universe. (OCoLC)fst01922713
Genre/Form	Young adult nonfiction.
	Comics (Graphic works) (OCoLC)fst01921613
	Graphic novels. (OCoLC)fst01726630
	Comics (Graphic works)
	Graphic novels.
	Nonfiction comics.
Added Author	Francfort, Jérémie, 1994- contributor.
	Butt, Jeffrey K., translator.
	Mayor, M. (Michel), contributor.
ISBN	9783907293751 (hardcover)
	3907293754 (hardcover)

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