Discoveries: Birth of the Universe

by Trịnh Xuân Thuận

Book Overview

Chronicles the achievements of astronomy from ancient times to the present, paying special attention to Earth's place in the solar system and the universe, the "big bang" theory, and humans' attempts... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810928159
• ISBN13: 9780810928152
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding Primer Book

This book is a simple (yet not simplistic), well-rounded and very well illustrated primer to Cosmorgaphy / Cosmology. It is definitely recommended to anyone who wants to acquire a basic understanding of the subject. The best parts of the book in my opinion are a few schematics explaining the different types of galaxies, the processes of star creation and death, the creation of the various chemical elements, etc. and the associated text. Overall this is a well balanced book with a "Documents" section appropriately short and author's opinions kept to a minimum.The only negative aspect of the book is dwelling more than it was warranted on the spherical aberration of the Hubble space telescope and its consequences. The author was aware of the planned effort to correct the problem and should probably have spent less time mentioning it in anticipation of the pending corrective action.