Companion to the Cosmos

by John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin

Book Overview

Everybody is intrigued by ideas such as the Big Bang and black holes, and we all want to know how we fit into the Universe at large. Scientists now understand better than ever before the scope of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0297817256
• ISBN13: 9780297817253
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The best i have even seen !!

If u really love astronomy, astrophyscis, it is a must have!! All of the words from astro, u can find them all in this book with a detail description but in easy english. It is a book that can make u become a astro-expert and also a best reminder for ur knowledge. Really great!!

A very useful tool

THis is an excellent dictionary - if you wan to put things like that - of Astrophysics and Physics as well. I found this book really helpful and quite interesting because it give us a good historical account as well a good introduction/revision to some fine subjects related to these areas.

Opens the Heavens

I have recently purchased this book and was dissapointed at first due to it being more of a hypertext based reference, how mistaken I was, the explanations of the terminology are well written and very informative even to a lay man like me. I now have an incredible interest in other related topics thanks to this book and now intend to persue those with vigour. A great book for anybody, you do not need to be a science boffin to comprehend this masterpiece.

It's all here

this one slipped under my radar. i didn't see it anywhere. but it's all here, everything you need and written in that agreeable style that a bestseller like john gribbin is known for. forgive the cover. if you have any interest in space, you need a copy of this on your shelf.