Tweeting the Universe (Inbunden)
avMarcus Chown, Govert Schilling
ISBN: 9780571278435 - UTGIVEN: 201111In 140 pages, two masterly popularisers present 140 explanations of the biggest questions in physics - in the form of 10 or so tweets per page. They set themselves the challenge of boiling down what is essential on each subject into sentences of 140 characters, and the results are both entertaining [...]
Tweeting the Universe (Pocket)
avMarcus Chown, Govert Schilling
ISBN: 9780571295708 - UTGIVEN: 201303In 140 pages, two masterly popularisers present 140 explanations of the biggest questions in physics - in the form of 10 or so tweets per page. They set themselves the challenge of boiling down what is essential on each subject into sentences of 140 characters, and the results are both entertaining [...]
Eyes on the Skies: 400 Years of Telescopic Discovery (Inbunden)
avGovert Schilling, Lars Lindberg Christensen
ISBN: 9783527408658 - UTGIVEN: 2008-11-30Chronicles the history of the telescope, from its invention in the early seventeenth century to the present day, along with a discussion of how images drawn from it and technological advances have influenced how people view the universe.[...]
Europe to the Stars (Inbunden)
avGovert Schilling, Lars Lindberg Christensen
ISBN: 9783527411924 - UTGIVEN: 201209The creation of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in 1962 was the culmination of the dream of leading astronomers from five European countries. Over the years, as more member states joined, ESO constructed the La Silla and Paranal observatories, as well as the Atacama Large Millimeter/submilli[...]
