Secrets of the Universe : How We Discovered the Cosmos, Hardcover by Murdin, ...

by Paul Murdin

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Secrets of the Universe : How We Discovered the Cosmos, Hardcover by Murdin, Paul, ISBN 0226551431, ISBN-13 9780226551432, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US Discoveries in astronomy challenge our fundamental ideas about the universe. Where the astronomers of antiquity once spoke of fixed stars, we now speak of whirling galaxies and giant supernovae. Where we once thought Earth was the center of the universe, we now see it as a small planet among millions of other planetary systems, any number of which could also hold life. These dramatic shifts in our perspective hinge on thousands of individual discoveries: moments when it became clear to someone that some part of the universe&;whether a planet or a supermassive black hole&;was not as it once seemed. Secrets of the Universe invites us to participate in these moments of revelation and wonder as scientists first experienced them. Renowned astronomer Paul Murdin here provides an ambitious and exciting overview of astronomy, conveying for newcomers and aficionados alike the most important discoveries of this science and introducing the many people who made them. Lavishly illustrated with more than 400 color images, th outlines in seventy episodes what humankind has learned about the cosmos&;and what scientists around the world are poised to learn in the coming decades. Arranged by types of discovery, it also provides an overarching narrative throughout that explains how the earliest ideas of the cosmos evolved into th

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Year: 2009
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780226551432
• Condition: Good

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