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In this colorful and image-rich history of humanity's mapping of the cosmos, author Anne Rooney has assembled a selection of beautiful illustrations, maps, drawings, digital images, and cave art, too – all chronicling the many ways mankind has looked to the stars and tried to make a map of the universe over millennia. The book opens with a tour of the notes and diagrams of the ancient world’s cosmic cartographers, from the Ptolemaic Egyptians to Copernicus. The Sun and the Moon each get their own chapters, as do all of Earth’s planetary neighbors, charted and drawn more than other objects, since they could be easily seen and viewed by early scientists.
The science and tools of modern era space exploration close out the book, with a range of scientific sketches, plates, and pictures from 19th century scientists, to the most recent photos from satellites, larger telescopes. and spacecraft, too. Each of the hundreds of images feature detailed captions explaining the date and source, and an extensive index makes it easy to find the famed astronomer or period being researched.
The perfect book for the backyard astronomer or the more serious stargazer, Mapping the Universe is an informative and accessible look at how people have tried to map the infinity of space since our eyes first turned skyward. Jacketed hardcover.
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Anne Rooney gained a degree and then a PhD in medieval literature from Trinity College, Cambridge. After a period of teaching medieval English and French literature at the universities of Cambridge and York, she left to pursue a career as a freelance writer. She has written many books for adults and children on a variety of subjects, including literature and history. She has written many books on science and technology, and was long-listed for the prestigious Aventis Science Prize in 2004. She lives in Cambridge.
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- PublisherSirius
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 1784289175
- ISBN 13 9781784289171
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages192
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