Pantheon Books, 2009. — 468 p. — ISBN 978-0-307-37801-9. The riveting and mesmerizing story behind a watershed period in human history, the discovery of the startling size and true nature of our universe. On New Years Day in 1925, a young Edwin Hubble released his finding that our Universe was far bigger, eventually measured as a thousand trillion times larger than previously...
Harper Perennial, 2003. — 512 p. From the second-century celestial models of Ptolemy to modern-day research institutes and quantum theory, this classic book offers a breathtaking tour of astronomy and the brilliant, eccentric personalities who have shaped it. From the first time mankind had an inkling of the vast space that surrounds us, those who study the universe have had to...
Pan Books, 2010. — 420 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-330-54007-0. Contrary to popular belief fostered in countless school classrooms the world over, Christopher Columbus did not discover that the earth was round. The idea of a spherical world had been widely accepted in educated circles from as early as the fourth century b.c. Yet, bizarrely, it was not until the supposedly more rational...
Icon Books, 2024. — 141 p. Eyes in the Sky - Space Telescopes from Hubble to Webb by Andrew May is a must-read book for anyone interested in astronomy, astrophysics, and history of space exploration. Over 50 years ago, astronomers launched the world's first orbiting telescope. This allowed them to gaze further into outer space and examine anything that appears in the sky above...
М.: Центрполиграф, 2018. — 692 с.: 40 ил. — ISBN: 978-5-9524-5284-8. Книга авторитетного британского ученого Джона Дрейера посвящена истории астрономии с древнейших времен до XVII века. Автор прослеживает эволюцию представлений об устройстве Вселенной, начиная с воззрений древних египтян, вавилонян и греков, освещает космологические теории Фалеса, Анаксимандра, Парменида и...
СПб.: Питер, 2016. — 352 с.: ил. — (New Science). — ISBN: 978-5-496-01745-9. Наше происхождение началось не на Земле, а, на самом деле, в космосе. Основываясь на научных открытиях и исследованиях, где пересекаются несколько наук — геология, биология, астрофизика и космология, — вы узнаете, как сформировались наши знания о космосе. В этой книге Нил Деграсс Тайсон и Дональд...
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