Exploring the Universe: Essays on Science and Technology - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198500858 ISBN 13: 9780198500858

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

Much of our present knowledge of the universe has come from observations made over the centuries with ever more powerful telescopes, operating from isolated mountain tops. But the Hubble Space Telescope, the first to be launched into space, is revolutionizing our ability to picture and understand the universe. In Exploring the Universe, astronomer Alexander Boksenberg shows how a star is born and how the magnificent pictures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope will enable us to explore the universe in ever more depth.

This selection of essays from experts in their fields - exploring subjects from magic bullets derived from traditional folk medicines, to the role science can play in understanding the work of Mondrian and other artists - taken from the Royal Institution's Evening Discourses provides an authoritative and accessible summary of current thinking in many areas of science and technology.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0198500858
• ISBN 13: 9780198500858
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 213
• Herausgeber: Day P.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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