A Brief History of the Universe - From Ancient Babylon to the Big Bang

Informationen zum Autor Joe McEvoy has a MS in physics from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD from the University of London. In the USA, he was an associate at the RCA Research Laboratories in Princeton, NJ. For the following 15 years he worked in solid state physics as a research scientist in the USA, Switzerland and Britain. His two previous books Introducing Stephen Hawking , and Introducing Quantum Theory have been acclaimed worldwide and translated into a dozen languages. In October 2006, he received the prestigious founder's award given by the American School in London for Inspiring and Dedicated Service to Education. Klappentext Since the dawn of humanity, men have attempted to divine the nature of the heavens. In this accessible overview, astrophysicist, J P McEvoy tells the story of how our knowledge of the cosmos has developed beginning with Stonehenge and ending with the current debate on string theory. From Stonehenge to String Theory - how astronomy has changed the world Zusammenfassung From Stonehenge to String Theory - how astronomy has changed the world

Product details

• Authors: J P McEvoy, J. P. Mcevoy, J.P. McEvoy
• Publisher: Robinson Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.01.2010
• EAN: 9781845296841
• ISBN: 978-1-84529-684-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 195 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Brief Histories; Brief Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Cosmology and the universe, SCIENCE / Space Science / General, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy