Beyond The Galaxy: How Humanity Looked Beyond Our Milky Way And Discovered The Entire Universe - Couverture souple

Siegel, Ethan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9814667161 ISBN 13 : 9789814667166

Editeur : WSPC, 2015

Synopsis

A look up at the night sky reveals a treasury of wonders. Even to the naked eye, the Moon, stars, planets, the Milky Way and even a few star clusters and nebulae illuminate the heavens. For millennia, humans struggled to make sense of what's out there in the Universe, from all we can see to that which lies beyond the limits of even our most powerful telescopes. Beyond the Galaxy traces our journey from an ancient, Earth-centered Universe all the way to our modern, 21st century understanding of the cosmos. Touching on not only what we know but also how we know it, Ethan Siegel takes us to the very frontiers of modern astrophysics and cosmology, from the birth of our Universe to its ultimate fate, and everything in between.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Ethan Siegel has achieved the rare feat of writing a textbook that reads like an engrossing page-turner. This is a book that belongs on the reading list of every undergraduate introduction to astrophysics and cosmology. - Dr Roberto Trotta, Senior Lecturer in Astrophysics at Imperial College London and author of 'The Edge of the Sky: All you need to know about the All-There-Is'

Beyond the Galaxy is an excellent way for less cosmically minded physicists to fill in the gaps in their astronomy knowledge, and thereby transform 'things I've vaguely heard about' into 'things I actually know something about'. - Physics World

A look up at the night sky reveals a treasury of wonders. Even to the naked eye, the Moon, stars, planets, the Milky Way and even a few star clusters and nebulae illuminate the heavens. For millennia, humans struggled to make sense of what's out there in the Universe, from all we can see to that which lies beyond the limits of even our most powerful telescopes. Beyond the Galaxy traces our journey from an ancient, Earth-centered Universe all the way to our modern, 21st century understanding of the cosmos. Touching on not only what we know but also how we know it, Ethan Siegel takes us to the very frontiers of modern astrophysics and cosmology, from the birth of our Universe to its ultimate fate, and everything in between.

Revue de presse

Beyond the Galaxy offers a fun, informative excursion through the universe and the complex history of our attempts to grapple with its size, age and content. Ethan Siegel writes clearly and confidently, drawing upon wonderful analogies and fascinating tidbits of astronomical history, including outstanding accounts of the heated debates of the past about the nature of the cosmos. The book is richly illustrated, nicely supplementing Siegel's lucid prose. A must read for anyone curious about the development of cosmology and where it stands today! --Paul Halpern, Author of Einstein's Dice and Schrodinger's Cat

Ethan Siegel has achieved the rare feat of writing a textbook that reads like an engrossing page-turner. This is a book that belongs on the reading list of every undergraduate introduction to astrophysics and cosmology. --Dr Roberto Trotta, Imperial College London, UK

With eloquence and clarity, Siegel tells us the story of the universe, from the (inferred) cosmic inflation and the Big Bang at the very beginning to the (predicted) Big Freeze at the very end. Beyond the Galaxy is one of those rare books that not only communicates scientific ideas, but communicates what science itself is all about. --The Physics Mill

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: WSPC
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9814667161
• ISBN 13: 9789814667166
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 388
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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