Dava Sobel

Broschiertes Buch

The Glass Universe

The Hidden History of the Women Who Took the Measure of the Stars

Beschreibung

Elegantly written and enriched by excerpts from letters, diaries, and memoirs, The Glass Universe is the hidden history of a group of remarkable women whose vital contributions to the burgeoning field of astronomy forever changed our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe.

Autor

Dava Sobel is the internationally renowned author of 'Longitude' and 'Galileo's Daughter'. She is also an award-winning former science reporter for the 'New York Times' and writes frequently about science for several magazines, including the 'New Yorker', 'Audubon', 'Discover', 'Life' and 'Omni'. She is currently writing a book called 'The Planets' for Fourth Estate. She lives in East Hampton, New York.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fourth Estate / HarperCollins UK
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 128mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 265g
• ISBN-13: 9780007548200
• ISBN-10: 0007548206
• Artikelnr.: 43613800