Picture this!
Subtitle: grasping the dimensions of time and space
By: by Michael Carroll, with original illustrations by the author
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9783319249056
Subjects: Space sciences; Planetary science; Astrophysics; Astronomy; Popular works; Cosmology
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: The Long and the Short of It; title: Part I: Our place in the Cosmos; title: 1. Asteroids, comets, and our Cosmic landscape; title: 2. Ice dwarfs and tiny moons; title: 3. The weirdest moons, large and small; title: 4. A tour of the planets; title: 5. Bright, shining stars; title: 6. Nebulae, galaxies, and the edge of all things; title: 7. Understanding scale in the universe; title: Part II: Our place in time: how our concepts have evolved; title: The worlds aound us; title: 9. Space Travel; title: Index.