Finally, in one definitive volume, a complete understanding of man's scientific knowledge of the universe.Illustrated with dazzling colour photographs, The Scientific American Book of the Cosmos has as its mission a full articulation of the latest theories about the size, age, nature and expansion of the universe. Newly commissioned essays by working scientists considered at the top of their fields, including Stephen Jay Gould and Leonard Susskind, and classic pieces by such legendary scientists as Albert Einstein, Francis Crick, and Carl Sagan take us to the frontiers of scientific knowledge on the cosmos - from sub-atomic particles to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.The Scientific American Book of the Cosmos is the ideal place to start your journey through space and time with the best minds in science!
- ISBN10 0312310099
- ISBN13 9780312310097
- Publish Date 13 August 1957
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 15 September 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St. Martin's Griffin
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 289
- Language English