Peter Aughton

Broschiertes Buch

The Story of Astronomy

Beschreibung

The illustrated history of astronomy - from Babylonian stargazers to revolutionary attempts to look upon the heart of the universe, covering a total of 3000 years. Peter Aughton is the author of "Endeavour".

Autor

Peter Aughton is the author of the hugely successful popular history titles Endeavour The Story of Captain Cook's First Great Epic Voyage, Resolution, Newton's Apple and The Transit of Venus. Formerly a computer engineer in the aerospace industry, where he worked on the world's first supersonic airliner, he went on to lecture at the University of the West of England for 25 years. He now lives in Leeds with his family.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Quercus Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 130mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 278g
• ISBN-13: 9780857385987
• ISBN-10: 0857385984
• Artikelnr.: 33714574