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| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Springer | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 284 Pages | | Publication Date: | December 15, 2006 | | Sales Rank: | 378,070th |
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Product Description
The Series This new series is aimed at the same people as the Practical Astronomy Series - in general, active amateur astronomers. However, it is also suitable for a wider audience of readers who already have some interest in astronomy. Because optical astronomy is at the mercy of the weather, all amateur astronomers inevitably have periods when observing is impossible. The Astronomers' Universe Series has been produced for those cloudy evenings. The series is differentiated from popular science series (such as Springer's Copernicus books) by a strong design image which will attract active amateur astronomers, but will also appeal to "armchair astronomers" (or cosmologists) and other readers who already have some interest in the subject. The Book The biggest questions in astronomy are those of how the planets, stars, galaxies and the Universe were formed. Origins describes how over the last decade astronomers have discovered the answers to three of these fundamental questions. Starting with the space missions that uncovered the haphazard history of our own planetary system, the book travels out into space and backwards in time. It describes the discovery of other planetary systems and their connection to extraterrestrial life, the first moments in the life of a star, the birth of galaxies and the biggest question of all - the origin of the Universe itself. Origins also tells the human stories behind the discoveries: of the pioneers of the last electromagnetic frontier, of the cosmic archaeologists who deciphered the history of galaxies, and of BOOMERANG, the telescope that bounced back and showed that space is flat. The book also contains the first account in print of how astronomers showed that Pluto is not a planet. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 2 reviews)
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Difficult concepts made easy! by BDC (WA, D.C.)  5 Stars
March 23, 2009
I read a lot of science literature and can say without a doubt that this is one of the best pieces of Science writing I've come across. Dr. Eales does an INCREDIBLE job of taking very complicated concepts and processes and making them seem oh-so-simple and enjoyable. If this is how he runs his classes his students are VERY fortunate.
If you are interested in space - from any planet in our solar system to stars we can't even see - this book is for you.
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Origins: How the Planets, Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe Began (Astronomers' Universe) by Thomas K. Chapman (La Center, WA USA) 5 Stars
September 15, 2008
I have reviewed this book and have found it to contain very good written and pictorial information about the wonderful universe.
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