Megan Watzke

Magnitude

The Scale of the Universe

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In the tradition of illustrated science bestsellers, like Thing Explainer andharkening back to the classic film The Powers of Ten, this unique, fully-illustrated, four-color book explores and visualizes the concept of scale in our universe. In Magnitude, Kimberly Arcand and Megan Watzke take us on an expansive journey to the limits of size, mass, distance, time, temperature in our universe, from the tiniest particle within the structure of an atom to the most massive galaxy in the universe; from the speed at which grass grows (about 2 to 6 inches a month) to the speed of light. Fully-illustrated with four-color drawings and infographics thro… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Arcand, Kimberly

ISBN: 978-0-316-50290-0
EAN: 9780316502900
Produktnummer: 22910762
Verlag: Running Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 192 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 53'066 KB

Über den Autor

Kimberly Arcand is the visualization lead for NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, specializing in image and meaning research, and in data representation. She lives near Providence, RI. Megan Watzke is the press officer for NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, specializing in communicating astronomy with the public. She lives in Seattle, WA. Together, Arcand and Watzke are the authors of Light: The Visible Spectrum and Beyond. Katie Peek began her career as an astrophysicist, searching for planets that circle distant stars and and investigating the history of our own Milky Way galaxy. After earning her Ph.D., she transitioned to science journalism and ultimately to data visualization and illustration. The former information graphics editor at Popular Science magazine, today she creates graphics for many publications, scientific and not.