The Astronomy Book
DK was formed in London in 1974 and is currently the world's premier illustrated reference publisher, as well as a member of Bertelsmann's Penguin Random House business. DK publishes nonfiction for adults and children that is very visual and pictorial. DK creates content for consumers in over 100 countries and 60 languages, with operations in the United Kingdom, India, the United States, Germany, China, Canada, Spain, and Australia.
People have been looking up to the heavens and attempting to comprehend them since the start of time. This encyclopedia takes you on a journey across time and space to learn about our role in the cosmos.
How do we quantify the universe? What is the location of the event horizon? What exactly is dark matter? All of the answers to these questions, and many more, can now be found in this fascinating book about our universe!
In The Astronomy Book, you'll learn more about fascinating issues from the Copernican Revolution by using very clever visual learning methods including step-by-step graphics. Dive into the mind-boggling theories of modern science in a user-friendly format that makes the knowledge simple to understand.
Investigate the lives, theories, and discoveries of prominent astronomers throughout history, including Ptolemy, Galileo, Newton, Hubble, and Hawking.
To the stars and beyond! Join us as we travel through space and time:
- From Myth to Science 600 BCE - 1550 CE
- The Telescope Revolution 1550 - 1750
- Uranus to Neptune 1750 - 1850
- The Rise of Astrophysics 1850 - 1915
- Atom, Stars, And Galaxies 1915 - 1950
- New Windows on The Universe 1950 - 1917
- The Triumph of Technology 1975 - Present
The Astronomy Book is part of DK Books' award-winning Big Ideas Simply Explained series, which has sold over 7 million books worldwide. It makes complex things easy to understand by combining inventive images with entertaining prose.
Author: DK
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Astronomy-Book-Ideas-Simply-Explained-ebook/dp/B073W2BCHD/
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