Mapping the Universe: The Interactive History of Astronomy

Description

Tells the story of man's quest through the ages to unlock the secrets of our universe, understand where we come from and where we are going. This title follows this journey for knowledge from the first musings of Stone Age people on the position of the stars and planets in the sky, to Galileo's first visions of Orion through a telescope.

Table of contents

Monuments and Calculators; Eyes on the Sky; Patterns in the Sky; The Earth Centred Universe; Medieval Astronomy; Measuring the Skies from the City of the Stars; Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres; Galileo Galilei; Cosmographic Mysteries; New Eyes on the Sky; Universal Attraction; New Planets; The Stars; The Life of Stars; The Death of Stars; New Windows on the Universe; Exploding Stars; The Origin of the Chemical Elements; The Birth of Stars and of Planetary Systems; Space Exploration; The Inner Planets; The Terrestrial Planets; The Gas Giants; Planetary Systems Beyond Our Own; Our Galaxy and Others; The Universe of Galaxies; Dark Matter and Dark Energy; Life in the Universe.

Stock Information

General Fields

• ISBN : 9781847328854
• Publisher : Carlton Books Ltd
• Imprint : Carlton Books Ltd
• Publication date : September 2011
• Dimensions : 298mm X 260mm
• Product Type : books

Special Fields

• Illustrations : 180 colour & b/w photos & artworks
• Pages : 124
• Author : Paul Murdin