Galaxy : mapping the cosmos / James Geach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geach, James, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Galaxies.

Universe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Each night, we are able to gaze up at the night sky and look at the thousands of stars that stretch to the end of our individual horizons. But the stars we see are only those that make up our own Milky Way galaxy-but one of hundreds of billions in the whole of the universe, each separated by inconceivably huge tracts of empty space. In this book, astronomer James Geach tells the rich stories of both the evolution of galaxies and our ability to observe them, offering a fascinating history of how we've come to realize humanity's tiny place in the vast universe. Taking us on a compelli

Contents:

Cover; Galaxy: Mapping the Cosmos; Imprint Page; Contents; One: Cities Beyond; Two: Stepping into the Extragalactic Universe; Three: Seeing More; Four: The Evolution of Galaxies; Five: Models of the World; Distance Scale; Glossary; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 4, 2014).

ISBN:

9781780235165

178023516X

9781780233963

1780233965

OCLC:

894539806