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From Ptolemy's spheres to dark energy : discovering the universe / John Farndon.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Chain reactionsPublication details: Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann Library, 2007.Description: 64 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780431186689
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 523.1 22
LOC classification:
  • QB46 .F349 2007
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Contents:
The many mysteries of space -- How the heavens move -- Moving Earth -- Kepler's ovals -- Galileo's telescope -- Discovering gravity -- New planets, distant stars -- The giant universe -- The relative universe -- The expanding universe -- Signs of the big bang -- Black holes and the big bang -- The dark universe -- Bringing it all together -- Timeline -- Biographies.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index.

The many mysteries of space -- How the heavens move -- Moving Earth -- Kepler's ovals -- Galileo's telescope -- Discovering gravity -- New planets, distant stars -- The giant universe -- The relative universe -- The expanding universe -- Signs of the big bang -- Black holes and the big bang -- The dark universe -- Bringing it all together -- Timeline -- Biographies.

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