Presents a grand tour of our home Galaxy's structure, genesis, and evolution, based on the latest astronomical findings.
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This book offers an intimate guide to the Milky Way, taking readers on a grand tour of our home Galaxy's structure, genesis, and evolution, based on the latest astronomical findings. In engaging language, it tells how the Milky Way congealed from blobs of gas and dark matter int…
Presents a grand tour of our home Galaxy's structure, genesis, and evolution, based on the latest astronomical findings.
"Today, we recognize that we live on a planet circling the sun, that our sun is just one of billions of stars in the galaxy we call the Milky Way, and that our galaxy is but one of billions born out of the Big Bang. Yet as recently as the early twentieth century, the general pub…
Praise for the first edition: "A terrific blend of the science and the history." Martha Haynes, Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy, Cornell University, New York, USA "The book is a treat Highly recommended for public and academic libraries." Peter Hepburn, now Head Librarian, …
