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Paul Murdin

The Universe

A Biography

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The story of our Universe, from its beginning in the first milliseconds of the Big Bang right up to our present moment and beyond, told in a gripping narrative. We have entered a new age of exploration and discovery, enabling us to probe ever more distant reaches of space and greatly advance our knowledge of the Universe. Today, telescopes peer not only into outer space, but also into the deep past. Paul Murdin takes us on an original and breathtaking journey across the lifetime of the Universe, from the first milliseconds of the Big Bang right up to our present moment and even beyond. Murdin draws on the latest discoveries in astronomy… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-500-02464-5
  • EAN: 9780500024645
  • Produktnummer: 36866538
  • Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
  • Seitenangabe: 304 S.
  • Masse: H16.1 cm x B24.5 cm x D3.4 cm 656 g
  • Abbildungen: 13 Illustrations, black and white; 24 Illustrations, color
  • Gewicht: 656
  • Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor


Paul Murdin is Senior Fellow at the University of Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy and a member of Wolfson College. From 1963 he was a research scientist studying supernovae, black holes and neutron stars. He is identified as the co-discoverer of the first stellar black hole found in our Galaxy, Cygnus X-1. From 1981 he worked to organize observatories in the Canary Islands, England and Scotland, becoming a science policy maker for the UK government. In 1988 he was awarded an OBE and in 2011 he received the Royal Astronomical Society's Award for Services to Astronomy. In a parallel career he has been, and remains, a broadcaster and commentator about astronomy for the BBC and other media outlets. He is the author of many books, including Secrets of the Universe and The Secret Lives of Planets.

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