Measuring the Universe: Our Historic Quest to Chart the horizons of Space and Time

Kitty Ferguson

ISBN 10: 0802713513 / ISBN 13: 9780802713513

Verlag: Walker Books, 1999

Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0802713513I4N01

Inhaltsangabe:

Presents an incisive narrative of the men and women, from Aristarchus and Cassini, to Sir Isaac Newton and Henrietta Leavitt, who have unlocked the mysteries of "how far" and in doing so changed our ideas about the size and nature of the universe, as well as the part we play in it.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Kitty Ferguson is a science writer and the author of Prisons of Light: Black Holes; The Fire in the Equations: Science, Religion, and the Search for God; and Stephen Hawking: Quest for a Theory of Everything. She is also a professional musician. Ms. Ferguson lives in Northern New Jersey.

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Titel: Measuring the Universe: Our Historic Quest ...
Verlag: Walker Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket