A Brief History of the UniverseSince the dawn of time, men have gazed at the stars and attempted to chart the heavens. Beginning at Stonehenge and ending with the current crisis in String Theory, the story of this eternal question to uncover the mysteries of the universe describes a narrative that includes some of the greatest discoveries of all time and leading personalities, including Aristotle, Copernicus, and Isaac Newton, and the rise to the modern era of Einstein, Eddington, and Hawking. |
Contents
Earliest Observers of the Sky | 1 |
Greek Astronomy and the Birth of Natural | 18 |
The Shape of the Universe | 38 |
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A Brief History of the Universe: From Ancient Babylon to the Big Bang J.P. McEvoy Limited preview - 2009 |
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