Secrets of the Universe How We Discovered the Cosmos

Name: Secrets of the Universe How We Discovered the Cosmos
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ISBN: 9780226551432

ISBN-10: 0226551431

ISBN-13: 9780226551432

Edition: 2009

Authors: Paul Murdin

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Discoveries in astronomy challenge our fundamental ideas about the universe. Where the astronomers of antiquity once spoke of fixed stars, we now speak of whirling galaxies and giant supernovae. Where we once thought Earth was the center of the universe, we now see it as a small planet among millions of other planetary systems, any number of which could also hold life. These dramatic shifts in our perspective hinge on thousands of individual discoveries: moments when it became clear to someone that some part of the universewhether a planet or a supermassive black holewas not as it once seemed. Secrets of the Universeinvites us to participate in these moments of revelation and wonder as…

Book details

List price: $49.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/1/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 342
Size: 10.63" wide x 8.37" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 4.510
Language: English

In 1971 Paul Murdin discovered the first black hole. He has been President of the European Astronomical Society, Director of the British National Space Centre, and Treasurer of the Royal Astronomical Society. He has published some 150 scientific papers, edited the multivolume Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and is the author of Secrets of the Universe.