How far is up? : measuring the size of the universe
Gribbin, John, 1946-2003
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Place reservation for How far is up? : measuring the size of the universeJohn and Mary Gribbin tell the story of how the cosmic distance scale was measured, the personalities involved and the increasingly sophisticated instruments they used. Astronomers can now study light from objects so distant that it has taken ten billion years on its journey across space to us.
Main title:
How far is up? : measuring the size of the universe / John and Mary Gribbin.
Imprint:
Cambridge : Icon, 2003.
Collation:
x, 130 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-104) and index.
ISBN:
9781840464399 (hbk)
Dewey class:
523.1523.1
Language:
English
BRN:
123859
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