num_pages: 295
description: Immerse yourself in David J. Eicher's fascinating and spectacular exploration of the Cosmos. Featuring numerous color images including photos, maps and explanatory diagrams, he presents a series of celestial highlights ranging from our own solar system and galaxy to distant planetary systems and galaxies, and from the lives and deaths of stars to the overall composition and fate of the cosmos. Each chapter sets out the scientific history of a specific question or problem, before tracing the modern observations and evidence that helps answer or solve it. It will instil in you with a new sense of wonder at the amazing universe that we inhabit, simultaneously awakening both your humility as a cosmic speck of dust and your awe at our present understanding of the cosmos. This is essential reading for anyone with an interest in science, astronomy and space science.
language: English
title: The New Cosmos: Answering Astronomy's Big Questions
publisher: Cambridge University Press