Universal: A Guide to the Cosmos (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780306822704)

An awe-inspiring, unforgettable journey of scientific exploration from Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw, the international bestselling authors of Why Does E=MC2? and The Quantum Universe, with 55 black-&-white and 45 full-color pages featuring photographs, diagrams, maps, tables, and graphs.

We dare to imagine a time before the Big Bang, when the entire universe was compressed into a space smaller than an atom. And now, as Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw show, we can do more than imagine: we can understand.

Universal takes us on an epic journey of scientific exploration. It reveals how we can all come to grips with some of the most fundamental questions about our Earth, Sun, and solar system--and the star-filled galaxies beyond. How big is our solar system? How quickly is space expanding? How big is the universe? What is it made of? Some of these questions can be answered on the basis of observations you can make in your own backyard. Other answers draw on the astonishing information now being gathered by teams of astronomers operating at the frontiers of the known universe.

At the heart of all this lies the scientific method. Science reveals a deeper beauty and connects us to each other, to our world, and to our universe. Science reaches out into the unknown. As Universal demonstrates, if we dare to imagine, we can do the same.

Author: Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw
ISBN-10: 0306822709
ISBN-13: 9780306822704
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Language: English
Published: 03/28/2017
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 10.80h x 7.30w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2017
Publishers Weekly 01/23/2017
Choice 09/01/2017