Cosmic Horizons: Astronomy at the Cutting Edge
- ISBN-10
- 1565846028
- ISBN-13
- 9781565846029
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 253
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Authors
- Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Steven Soter
Description
Leading scientists offer a collection of essays that furnish illuminating explanations of recent discoveries in modern astrophysics--from the Big Bang to black holes--the possibility of life on other worlds, and the emerging technologies that make such research possible, accompanied by incisive profiles of such key figures as Carl Sagan and Georges Lemaetre. Original.
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