The Astronomer's Universe: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmos

by Herbert Friedman

Book Overview

Until the first quarter of the 20th century, the Milky Way galaxy was all we knew of the universe. Static and eternal, it consisted of a 100 billion stars and a multitude of questions. Then came a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393028186
• ISBN13: 9780393028188
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 359 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A complete and up to date well written book on astronomy

Everything I wanted to know about telescopes, radio astronomy, white dwarfs, the milky way, black holes, search for other life in the universe, and the history of astronomy is all in this book. It is easily read by a layman (like me). Math background not required. Great stories of discovery! Well illustrated.