Overview

When astronomers today look up at the night sky they picture a spectacular and infinite universe--full of pulsars, quasars, and black holes and ruled by arcane laws of space and time. Once, ancient astronomers looked up and saw only points of light tracing calm movements across the heavens. But they too were moved to wonder about the meaning of wha

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Author:   Robert Wilson
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   5215
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.624kg
ISBN:  

9780691628844

ISBN 10:   069162884
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   21 March 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Language:   English

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"""Any reasonably intelligent non-astronomer will find in this book a great deal to interest him, and if he has imagination he will be enthralled by it... It is written with an enthusiastic dignity and it well reflects the excitement and the majesty of its subject.""--Observatory"

Any reasonably intelligent non-astronomer will find in this book a great deal to interest him, and if he has imagination he will be enthralled by it... It is written with an enthusiastic dignity and it well reflects the excitement and the majesty of its subject. --Observatory

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