First Dawn
From the Big Bang to Our Future in Space
$56.38
- Hardcover
176 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2022
Summary
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.
Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the horizon of our knowledge about the universe has expanded to encompass the infinitesimally small—and the infinitely vast. In First Dawn, physicist Roberto Battiston takes readers on a journey through space and time, to the boundaries of our knowledge and beyond. From the viol…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262047210 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262047217 |
| Author: | Roberto Battiston, Bonnie Mcclellan-Broussard |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Battiston’s book presents a useful synthesis across multiple scientific disciplines to arrive at a definition and general outline of cosmology, which is both timely and of great interest.”
– Library Journal
“[An] elegant book on the history of knowledge about the cosmos”
– Nature
About The Author
Roberto Battiston
Roberto Battiston is a physicist who specializes in the field of experimental fundamental and elementary particles physics, both at particle accelerators and in space. He is the author of A Dialogue between an Artist and a Scientist, Quantum Mechanics for Dummies, Making Space, and The Mathematics of the Virus.
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