Author: MURDIN, PAUL
Title: Mapping the universe : the interactive history of astronomy
Description: London : Carlton Books 2011. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in the publisher's coplor-printed boards. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 124 pages; Description: 124 p. : col. ill. fascim. ; 31 cm. Contents: Monuments and calculators --. Eyes on the sky --. Patterns in the sky-the beginning of astronomy --. The nature of the Earth-centered universe --. Astronomy in the dark --. Revolutions of the heavenly spheres: Copernicus --. Measuring the skies from the City of the Stars --. Galileo Galilei --. Cosmographic mysteries --. Universal attraction --. New eyes on the sky --. 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 planets --. Exploration of the planets --. The inner planets --. The Earth. the Moon and Mars --. The gas giants --. Other planetary systems --. Our Galaxy and others --. The universe of galaxies --. Exploding galaxies and quasars --. The expanding universe --. Dark matter and dark energy --. Life in the Universe. Subjects: Astronomy -- Popular works.Weight in Kg appr.:

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