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Cosmigraphics : picturing space through time / Michael Benson.
Fine Arts Library N8217.C62 B46 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Benson, Michael, 1962- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Universe--Pictorial works.
- Universe.
- Cosmology in art.
- Astronomy in art.
- Scientific illustration.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 320 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 32 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Abrams, 2014.
- Summary:
- Selecting artful and profound illustrations and maps, many hidden away in the world's great science libraries and virtually unknown today, Benson chronicles more than 1,000 years of humanity's ever-expanding understanding of the size and shape of space itself. He shows how the invention of the telescope inspired visions of unimaginably distant places and explains why today we turn to supercomputer simulations to reveal deeper truths about space-time.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781419713873
- 1419713876
- OCLC:
- 890393737
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