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Attention Is Discovery
The Life and Legacy of Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt
ISBN: 9780262049382
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 17, 2024
A portrait of trailblazing astronomer Henrietta Leavitt and an illustrated exploration of the power of attention in scientific observation, artistic creation, and the making of meaning.
Splinters of Infinity
Cosmic Rays and the Clash of Two Nobel Prize–Winning Scientists over the Secrets of Creation
ISBN: 9780262048828
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 12, 2024
The riveting story of a modern age scientific feud between two Nobel Prize-winning scientists over the nature of cosmic rays and the universe.
An Infinity of Worlds
Cosmic Inflation and the Beginning of the Universe
ISBN: 9780262547222
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 3, 2023
What happened before the primordial fire of the Big Bang: a theory about the ultimate origin of the universe.
First Dawn
From the Big Bang to Our Future in Space
ISBN: 9780262047210
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 6, 2022
From the very first moments of the universe to the birth of the first star, our solar system, and our planet: a physicist traces the known and the unknown.
Ten Patterns That Explain the Universe
ISBN: 9780262542869
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 28, 2021
How patterns—from diagrams of spacetime to particle trails revealed by supercolliders—offer clues to the fundamental workings of the physical world.
The Space Oracle
ISBN: 9781907222535
Publisher: Strange Attractor Press
Pub Date: January 15, 2019
A radical retelling of our relationship with the cosmos, reinventing the history of astronomy as a new form of astrological calendar.
North
The Rise and Fall of the Polar Cosmos
ISBN: 9781907222276
Publisher: Strange Attractor Press
Pub Date: September 18, 2014
A bold vision of cosmology mapping how the pole star became associated with political power, religious rapture, and social hierarchies.
The Bowl of Night
The Physical Universe and Scientific Thought
ISBN: 9780262540032
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: July 15, 1969
The growth of cosmological thought from its pre-Socratic roots through 20th-century developments.
Attention Is Discovery
The Life and Legacy of Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt
ISBN: 9780262049382
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 17, 2024
A portrait of trailblazing astronomer Henrietta Leavitt and an illustrated exploration of the power of attention in scientific observation, artistic creation, and the making of meaning.
Splinters of Infinity
Cosmic Rays and the Clash of Two Nobel Prize–Winning Scientists over the Secrets of Creation
ISBN: 9780262048828
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 12, 2024
The riveting story of a modern age scientific feud between two Nobel Prize-winning scientists over the nature of cosmic rays and the universe.
An Infinity of Worlds
Cosmic Inflation and the Beginning of the Universe
ISBN: 9780262547222
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 3, 2023
What happened before the primordial fire of the Big Bang: a theory about the ultimate origin of the universe.
First Dawn
From the Big Bang to Our Future in Space
ISBN: 9780262047210
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 6, 2022
From the very first moments of the universe to the birth of the first star, our solar system, and our planet: a physicist traces the known and the unknown.
Ten Patterns That Explain the Universe
ISBN: 9780262542869
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 28, 2021
How patterns—from diagrams of spacetime to particle trails revealed by supercolliders—offer clues to the fundamental workings of the physical world.
The Space Oracle
ISBN: 9781907222535
Publisher: Strange Attractor Press
Pub Date: January 15, 2019
A radical retelling of our relationship with the cosmos, reinventing the history of astronomy as a new form of astrological calendar.
North
The Rise and Fall of the Polar Cosmos
ISBN: 9781907222276
Publisher: Strange Attractor Press
Pub Date: September 18, 2014
A bold vision of cosmology mapping how the pole star became associated with political power, religious rapture, and social hierarchies.
The Bowl of Night
The Physical Universe and Scientific Thought
ISBN: 9780262540032
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: July 15, 1969
The growth of cosmological thought from its pre-Socratic roots through 20th-century developments.