In this companion volume to the BBC television program, Brian Cox tours our universe, which is 13.7 billion years old, 93 billion light years wide, and contains over 100 billion galaxies. Cox shows how we’ve mapped the Milky Way galaxy and learned about cosmic expansion. He offers a rough timeline of cosmic history since the Big Bang and explains how the first stars were born. With equal skill, he shows how gravity forces galaxies to collide and black holes to form, and speculates on the ultimate fate of it all.
Wonders of the Universe imparts a vivid understanding of the cosmos.
Hardcover : 256 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. ( July 12, 2011 )
Item #: 13-416848
ISBN: 9780062110541
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 10.875 inches
Product Weight: 43.0 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

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