Discovering the universe : the story of astronomy
Murdin, Paul2014
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The story of man's quest through the ages to unlock the secrets of our universe and understand where we come from and where we are going. Lavishly illustrated throughout with both historic images and the latest satellite photography, it follows this journey for knowledge from the first musings of Stone Age peoples on the position of the stars and planets in the sky, via Galileo's first visions of Orion through a telescope, to our first steps on the Moon, and right up to the photographs of our magnificent universe which are being sent back from the Plank telescope today.
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Discovering the universe : the story of astronomy / Paul Murdin.
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Imprint:
London : Andre Deutsch, 2014.
Collation:
160 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 29 cm
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Originally published: as Mapping the universe. London: Carlton, 2011.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780233004426 (hbk)
Dewey class:
520720.9520 MURD520 MUR
Language:
English
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BRN:
244943
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