The Astronomy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained Hardcover

Astronomy is the one science whose entire laboratory is visible from a rooftop on a clear night. Over 352 pages this book follows the subject from ancient sky-watching and early calendars through the heliocentric argument, the invention of the telescope, the discovery of galaxies beyond the Milky Way, and on to present-day cosmology and space exploration. Concepts that normally need equations are handled instead with layered graphics and timelines. Observers, instruments and theories are set side by side, which makes it clear how repeatedly better tools forced better ideas rather than the other way round. What readers get: • A path from ancient sky-watching to modern cosmology • Graphic treatment of concepts usually written as equations • Coverage of telescopes, space missions and deep-sky discovery • Timelines linking instruments to the theories they enabled Suited to students, amateur astronomers and readers new to the subject, published by DK and available through Boipoka.