Mapping The Universe

Author : Anne Rooney
Publisher : Sirius Entertainment
ISBN 13 : 9781784289171
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mapping the Universe written by Anne Rooney and published by Sirius Entertainment. This book was released on 2017-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ever since man first raised his eyes heavenwards, we have been fascinated with the skies, stars and what might lie beyond. Unlocking the mysteries of the universe was a preoccupation of astronomers such as Ptolemy, Galileo and Copernicus. Some of these early thinkers risked their lives and reputations by suggesting shockingly that God and the Earth were not central to universal design. Their revolutionary findings sparked a desire to discover and explain the mysteries that lie beyond our world, which continues to this day. This book presents a selection of beautiful illustrations of the increasingly observable cosmos, from hand-colored maps of ancient times to photographs of distant galaxies viewed through powerful, state-of-the-art space telescopes."--

Author : Paul Murdin
Publisher : Carlton Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9781847328854
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mapping the Universe written by Paul Murdin and published by Carlton Publishing Group. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces how our understanding of the universe has evolved from the Stone Age to modern day astronomers.

Author : Priyamvada Natarajan
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300221126
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mapping the Heavens written by Priyamvada Natarajan and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-28 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A theoretical astrophysicist explores the ideas that transformed our knowledge of the universe over the past century. The cosmos, once understood as a stagnant place, filled with the ordinary, is now a universe that is expanding at an accelerating pace, propelled by dark energy and structured by dark matter. Priyamvada Natarajan, our guide to these ideas, is someone at the forefront of the research—an astrophysicist who literally creates maps of invisible matter in the universe. She not only explains for a wide audience the science behind these essential ideas but also provides an understanding of how radical scientific theories gain acceptance. The formation and growth of black holes, dark matter halos, the accelerating expansion of the universe, the echo of the big bang, the discovery of exoplanets, and the possibility of other universes—these are some of the puzzling cosmological topics of the early twenty-first century. Natarajan discusses why the acceptance of new ideas about the universe and our place in it has never been linear and always contested even within the scientific community. And she affirms that, shifting and incomplete as science always must be, it offers the best path we have toward making sense of our wondrous, mysterious universe. “Part history, part science, all illuminating. If you want to understand the greatest ideas that shaped our current cosmic cartography, read this book.”—Adam G. Riess, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2011 “A highly readable, insider’s view of recent discoveries in astronomy with unusual attention to the instruments used and the human drama of the scientists.”—Alan Lightman, author of The Accidental Universe and Einstein's Dream

Author : James Trefil
Publisher : National Geographic Society
ISBN 13 : 1426219695
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Space Atlas written by James Trefil and published by National Geographic Society. This book was released on 2019 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this guided tour of our planetary neighborhood, the Milky Way and other galaxies, and beyond, detailed maps and fascinating imagery from recent space missions partner with clear, authoritative scientific information. For this new edition, and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his moonwalk, astronaut and American hero Buzz Aldrin offers a new special section on Earth's moon and its essential role in space exploration past and future.

Author : James Hill
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0744058759
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marvel Universe Map By Map written by James Hill and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A premium, lavishly illustrated compendium of specially curated essays, boasting stunning, newly commissioned maps, illustrations, and diagrams, which explores iconic Marvel locations. Navigate a universe of wonders. Chart a journey across Marvel Comics’ vast and vibrant universe, from its Earthbound mean streets and hidden lands, to its mythic realms and cosmic outer reaches. This Marvel-approved compendium of specially curated essays features stunning, newly commissioned cartography, illustrations, and diagrams to help readers navigate their way around iconic locales such as Asgard, Wakanda, Atlantis, Olympus, Hell’s Kitchen, Latveria, Knowhere, The Savage Land, Battleworld, and many more. Marvel Universe: Map by Map delineates the contours of the ever-expanding, complex, and interconnected Marvel Universe, illuminating the incredible locations, epic events, and extraordinary characters that have shaped it. Boasting dazzling new artwork, gorgeous comic book visuals, and insightful, authoritative text, this is a premium, indispensable way finder for any armchair explorer. © 2021 MARVEL

Author : James Geach
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780233965
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Galaxy written by James Geach and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each night, we are able to gaze up at the night sky and look at the thousands of stars that stretch to the end of our individual horizons. But the stars we see are only those that make up our own Milky Way galaxy—but one of hundreds of billions in the whole of the universe, each separated by inconceivably huge tracts of empty space. In this book, astronomer James Geach tells the rich stories of both the evolution of galaxies and our ability to observe them, offering a fascinating history of how we’ve come to realize humanity’s tiny place in the vast universe. Taking us on a compelling tour of the state-of-the-art science involved in mapping the infinite, Geach offers a first-hand account of both the science itself and how it is done, describing what we currently know as well as that which we still do not. He goes back one hundred years to when scientists first proved the existence of other galaxies, tracking our continued improvement in the ability to collect and interpret the light that stars in faraway galaxies have emitted through space and time. He discusses examples of this rapidly accelerating research, from the initial discovery that the faint “spiral nebulae” were actually separate star systems located far beyond the Milky Way to the latest observations of the nature of galaxies and how they have evolved. He also delves into the theoretical framework and simulations that describe our current “world model” of the universe. With one hundred superb color illustrations, Galaxy is an illuminating guide to the choreography of the cosmos and how we came to know our place within it that will appeal to any stargazer who has wondered what was beyond their sight.

Author : J. Richard Gott
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426206518
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sizing Up the Universe written by J. Richard Gott and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using space photographs and scaled maps, demonstrates the actual size of objects in the cosmos, from Buzz Aldrin's historic footprint on the Moon to the entire visible universe, with a gatefold of the Gott-Juric Map of the Universe.

Author : Anne Rooney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781784285388
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mapping the Universe written by Anne Rooney and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lara Albanese
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781912920563
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Space Maps written by Lara Albanese and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a journey through space as you study the stars and constellations before venturing out into the solar system and beyond

Author : Boni Lonnsburry
Publisher : Hillcrest Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 0989059405
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Map written by Boni Lonnsburry and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2013 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This "GPS to your dreams" promises to help you create the kind of life you would love to live.