Publication

2014 - Abrams, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

80,000 words, Guess

Page Count

320 pages

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Classifications

  • DDC523.10222
  • LCCN8217.C62 B46 2014

Description

Visual history of the discovery of the universe, told through illustrations, maps, diagrams, speculative works of representation, and data visualizations. 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.

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