Alchemy of the Heavens Searching for Meaning in the Milky Way

Name: Alchemy of the Heavens Searching for Meaning in the Milky Way
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ISBN: 9780385472142

ISBN-10: 0385472145

ISBN-13: 9780385472142

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Authors: Ken Croswell

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The Alchemy Of The Heavens offers an exciting and accessible survey of what we know about our galaxy. The home of the earth, the sun, and countless other stars, the Milky Way has long been an object of human fascintation, but it's been in the last forty years that astromoners and astrophysicists have made the most startling discoveries about our galaxy. Author Ken Croswell reveals that the Milky Way formed as many earlier galaxies collopsed and smashed together; that may of the elements in the galaxy--including the iron and carbon that course through our bodies--were born in exploding supernovae; that in all likelihood there is a massive black hole at the center of the galaxy, with a…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/1/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 356
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Ken Croswellis the author of several highly acclaimed books, includingMagnificent UniverseandSee the Stars: Your First Guide to the Night Sky. He earned his Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard University and lives in Berkeley, California.