Dispatches from Planet 3

An award-winning science writer presents a captivating collection of cosmological essays for the armchair astronomer
 
The galaxy, the multiverse, and the history of astronomy are explored in this engaging compilation of cosmological tales by multiple-award-winning science writer Marcia Bartusiak. In thirty-two concise and engrossing essays, the author provides a deeper understanding of the nature of the universe and those who strive to uncover its mysteries.
 
Bartusiak shares the back stories for many momentous astronomical discoveries, including the contributions of such pioneers as Beatrice Tinsley, with her groundbreaking research in galactic evolution, and Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the scientist who first discovered radio pulsars. An endlessly fascinating collection that you can dip into in any order, these pieces will transport you to ancient Mars, when water flowed freely across its surface; to the collision of two black holes, a cosmological event that released fifty times more energy than was radiating from every star in the universe; and to the beginning of time itself.

Un scriitor stiintific premiat prezinta o captivanta colectie de eseuri cosmologice pentru astronomul fotoliu Galaxia, multiversul si istoria astronomiei sunt explorate in aceasta captivanta compilatie de povesti cosmologice de catre scriitoarea stiintifica Marcia Bartusiak, premiata de mai multe ori. In treizeci si doua de eseuri concise si captivante, autorul ofera o intelegere mai profunda a naturii universului si a celor care se straduiesc sa-i descopere misterele.