{"product_id":"9789814494939","title":"Time in Powers of Ten: Natural Phenomena and Their Timescales","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith a Foreword by \u003cb\u003eSteven Weinberg\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this richly illustrated book, Nobel Laureate Gerard 't Hooft and Theoretical Physicist Stefan Vandoren describe the enormous diversity of natural phenomena that take place at different time scales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of the bestseller \u003ci\u003ePowers of Ten\u003c\/i\u003e, the authors zoom in and out in time, each step with a factor of ten. Starting from one second, time scales are enlarged until processes are reached that take much longer than the age of the universe. After the largest possible eternities, the reader is treated to the shortest and fastest phenomena known. Then the authors increase with powers of ten, until again the second is reached at the end of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt each time scale, interesting natural phenomena occur, spread over all scientific disciplines: orbital and rotation periods of planets and stars, decay times of elementary particles and atoms, biological rhythms and evolution processes, but also the different geological time scales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart I:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e0\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 1 Second\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e1\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 10 Seconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e2\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 100 Seconds = 1 Minute, 40 Seconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e3\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 1,000 Seconds = 16 Minutes, 40 Seconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e4\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 10,000 Seconds = 2.78 Hours\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e5\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 100,000 Seconds = 1.16 Days = 27.78 Hours\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e6\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 1,000,000 = 1 Million Seconds = 11.57 Days = 1.65 Weeks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e6.41\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 2,592,000 Seconds = 30 Days ≈ 1 Month\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e7\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 10 Million Seconds = 115.74 Days = 3.86 Months\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e8\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 100 Million Seconds = 3.17 Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e9\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 1 Billion Seconds = 31.7 Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e10\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 10 Billion Seconds = 317 Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e11\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 100 Billion Seconds = 3,171 Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e12\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 1 Trillion Seconds = 31,710 Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e13\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 10 Trillion Seconds = 317,098 Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e14\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 100 Trillion Seconds = 3.17 Million Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e15\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 1 Quadrillion Seconds = 31.7 Million Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e16\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 10 Quadrillion Seconds = 317 Million Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e17\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 100 Quadrillion Seconds = 3.17 Billion Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e18\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 1 Quintillion Seconds = 31.7 Billion years: The Large Timescales\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e21\u003c\/sup\u003e seconds = 1 Sextillion Seconds = 3.17 × 10\u003csup\u003e13\u003c\/sup\u003e Years: The Large Timescales\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e28\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 3.17 × 10\u003csup\u003e20\u003c\/sup\u003e Years: The Large Timescales\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e32\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds: To Infinity and Beyond: The Dark Eternities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart II:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-44\u003c\/sup\u003e to 10\u003csup\u003e-26\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds: Small Timescales\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-25\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-24\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 1 Yoctosecond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-23\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 10 Yoctoseconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-22\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 100 Yoctoseconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-21\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 1 Zeptosecond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-20\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 10 Zeptoseconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-19\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 100 Zeptoseconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-18\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 1 Attosecond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-17\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 10 Attoseconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-16\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 100 Attoseconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-15\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 1 Femtosecond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-14\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 10 Femtoseconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-13\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 100 Femtoseconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-12\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 1 Picosecond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-11\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 10 Picoseconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-10\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 100 Picoseconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-9\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 1 Nanosecond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-8\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 10 Nanoseconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-7\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 100 Nanoseconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-6\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 1 Microsecond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-5\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 10 Microseconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-4\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 100 Microseconds = 0.0001 Seconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-3\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 1 Millisecond = 0.001 Seconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-2\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 10 Milliseconds = 0.01 Seconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e-1\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 100 Milliseconds = 0.1 Seconds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10\u003csup\u003e0\u003c\/sup\u003e Seconds = 1 Second\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Science enthusiasts and students.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47185518264560,"sku":"9789814494939","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814494939_p0.jpg?v=1763691011","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814494939","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}