How It Began: A Time-Traveler's Guide to the Universe
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By Impey, Chris
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Telescopes are like time machines. Because it takes time for light to reach us, we see more and more distant regions of the universe as they looked in the successively greater past. Astronomer Chris Impey uses this concept of look-back time to take us on an intergalactic tour fro...m current-day Earth to the first fractions of a second after the Big Bang. Pausing at landmarks such as the oldest star and the first ray of light, Impey not only provides stunning visual descriptions but also illustrates the latest theories of the origin of everything from black holes to matter itself. Along the way he introduces us to researchers tackling such mysteries as cosmic infla-tion and the possibility of parallel universes. Enlivened by vivid descriptions and lucid explanations, How It Began offers a breathtaking tour from the familiar sights of the night sky to the most remote frontiers of the enigmatic early universe.
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ISBN |
9780393080025 |
Released NZ |
26 Mar 2012 |
Publisher |
WW Norton & Co |
Format |
Hardback |
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Interest Age |
General Audience |
Reading Age |
General Audience |
Library of Congress |
Cosmology, Space and time |
NBS Text |
Science: General & Reference |
ONIX Text |
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Awards, Reviews & Star Ratings
NZ Review |
Chris Impey has achieved the near-impossible: an accurate, up-to-date account of the state of the universe that is told in gripping human terms. A great achievement and a must-read book. --Ben Bova, author of Faint Echoes, Distant Stars |
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Author's Bio
Chris Impey is a distinguished professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Arizona and the critically-acclaimed author of Beyond, How It Began, and How It Ends, and four other books, as well as two astronomy textbooks. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.
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