Cosmigraphics - Picturing Space Through Time

Michael Benson

Harry N. Abrams

2014

320 páginas

10h 40m

ISBN-13: 9781419713873

The thrilling story of the discovery and description of the universe in a new way. Artful and profound illustrations and maps, many hidden away in the world's great science libraries and virtually unknown today, chronicling more than 1,000 years of humanity's ever-expanding understanding of the size and shape of space itself. The book shows how the invention of the telescope inspired visions of unimaginably distant places and explains why today we turn to supercomputer simulations to reveal deeper truths about space-time. Cosmigraphics explores the visual side of our greatest imaginative achievement as a species: the unveiling of a vast universe that is largely invisible to our senses. A revelation to space-struck Earthlings, art lovers, and readers interested in the history of science, the visualization of information, graphic design, and mapping.