Jo Marchant

The Human Cosmos

A Secret History of the Stars

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A journey through the history of science and man's relationship with the night sky and the cosmos beyond, from the author of Royal Society Prize-shortlisted Cure

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Canongate Books
• Main
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 140mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 466g
• ISBN-13: 9781786894021
• ISBN-10: 1786894025
• Artikelnr.: 60094557

Autorenporträt

Dr Jo Marchant is an award-winning science journalist. She has a PhD in genetics and medical microbiology from St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, London, and an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College. She has worked as an editor at New Scientist and Nature, and her articles have appeared in the Guardian, Wired, Observer, New York Times and Washington Post. She is the author of Decoding the Heavens, shortlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, and Cure, shortlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Books and longlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize. @JoMarchant jomarchant.com

Rezensionen

A dazzling cultural account of our enduring and ever-changing relationship to the cosmos. Beginning with cave paintings and stone circles, Marchant traces humanity's epic journey from a sky filled with gods, spirits and celestial events that shaped people's lives and beliefs to the Big Bang and the search for alien life. This book will change the way you look at the night sky MANJIT KUMAR, author of QUANTUM