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An offbeat guided tour of the Universe, focusing on weird and wonderful facts. Astrophysicist Dr Jillian Scudder knows more than most of us what a surreal place the Universe can be. In this light-hearted book she delves into some of the more arcane facts that her work has revealed, and tells us how we have actually managed to discover these amazing truths. Did you know: the galaxy is flatter than a credit card, supermassive black holes can sin...

Astronomie als Lesevergnügen: Faszinierende Gedankenspiele, kosmische Rätsel und die Geheimnisse des Weltalls.74 kluge Fragen und ebenso viele leicht verständliche Antworten.Eine Reise durch das Universum vom Mond zu fernen Galaxien - mit eindrucksvollen farbigen Illustrationen.Eine wunderschön illustrierte, fesselnde kosmische Reise durch Raum und Zeit.Wenn wir in den Nachthimmel schauen, sehen wir nicht nur Sterne in ihren Konstellationen un...

An offbeat guided tour of the Universe, focusing on weird and wonderful facts.

Looking up at the night sky, we see not only stars twinkling in their constellations and planets caught mid-orbit but our cosmic family tree. We are here on Earth because billions of years ago the Big Bang created the atoms that, over unimaginable periods of time, formed the stars and galaxies. Generations of stars that burned, exploded, or collided long before our planet was formed created the carbon of our bodies and the iron in our blood. I...

A beautifully illustrated, enlightening edition of astronomer Jillan Scudder's exploration of our universe.

Dr. Scudder offers a quirky layperson's guide to how things work in the universe.

How did the Earth get to be the way it is? Just like all of us, it's a product of its ancestors.