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Measuring the Universe: Our Historic Quest to Chart the Horizons of Space and
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Measuring the Universe: Our Historic Quest to Chart the Horizons of Space and Time Paperback - 2000

by Ferguson, Kitty

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Walker & Co, 2000. Book. New. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 342 pp. This is an eloquent and fascinating narrative on the men and women-from Aristarchus to Cassini, Sir Isaac Newton to Henrieta Leavitt and Stephen Hawking-who have unlocked the mysteries of "how far" and in so doing have changed our ideas about the size and nature of the universe and our place in it. In Ferguson's hands, the unimaginable becomes accessible and the remarkable quest something we can all share. New..
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Kitty Ferguson is a science writer and the author of Prisons of Light: Black Holes; The Fire in the Equations: Science, Religion, and the Search for God; and Stephen Hawking: Quest for a Theory of Everything. She is also a professional musician. Ms. Ferguson lives in Northern New Jersey.

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