Beyond the Galaxy: How Humanity Looked Beyond Our Milky Way and Discovered the Entire Universe

by Ethan Siegel

Book Overview

A look up at the night sky reveals a treasury of wonders. Even to the naked eye, the Moon, stars, planets, the Milky Way and even a few star clusters and nebulae illuminate the heavens. For millennia, humans struggled to make sense of what's out there in the Universe, from all we can see to that which lies beyond the limits of even our most powerful telescopes. Beyond the Galaxy traces our journey from an ancient, Earth-centered Universe all the way...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9814667161
• ISBN13: 9789814667166
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"