The astronomy book.

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Big ideas simply explainedPublisher: New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First American editionDescription: 352 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781465464187 (hardcover)
1465464182 (hardcover)
0241225930
9780241225936

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DDC classification:

520 MIT 23

LOC classification:

QB15 .A882 2017

Summary: An essential guide to milestone developments in astronomy, telling the story of our ideas about space, time, and the physics of the cosmos--from ancient times to the present day. From planets and stars to black holes and the Big Bang, take a journey through the wonders of the universe. Featuring topics from the Copernican Revolution to the mind-boggling theories of recent science, The Astronomy Book uses flowcharts, graphics, and illustrations to help clarify hard-to-grasp concepts and explain almost 100 big astronomical ideas. Covering the biographies of key astronomers through the ages such as Ptolemy, Galileo, Newton, Hubble, and Hawking, The Astronomy Book details their theories and discoveries in a user-friendly format to make the information accessible and easy to follow.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	CamTech Library	General Collections	520 MIT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.1	Checked out	02/23/2024	CamTech 000137

Includes index.

An essential guide to milestone developments in astronomy, telling the story of our ideas about space, time, and the physics of the cosmos--from ancient times to the present day. From planets and stars to black holes and the Big Bang, take a journey through the wonders of the universe. Featuring topics from the Copernican Revolution to the mind-boggling theories of recent science, The Astronomy Book uses flowcharts, graphics, and illustrations to help clarify hard-to-grasp concepts and explain almost 100 big astronomical ideas. Covering the biographies of key astronomers through the ages such as Ptolemy, Galileo, Newton, Hubble, and Hawking, The Astronomy Book details their theories and discoveries in a user-friendly format to make the information accessible and easy to follow.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

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