Journey to the center of our galaxy. - A voyage in space and time.

Joel Davis

Contemporary books

1985

328 páginas

10h 56m

ISBN-23: 0809238470_/_0809238470

Joel Davis's fascinating account of the quest to understand our galaxy is presented as a journey in three part. The first journey is one of the imagination, exploring how three generations of science fiction writers have envisioned the heart of the galaxy. Next is a journey in time, from the philosophers of ancient Sumer and Greece through the scientists of the 20th century. Finally, Davis charts a 300,000-light-year "physical" voyage from the outer reaches of the galaxy to the monstrous black hole we have learned is at its center.
In handcover, journey to the center of our galaxy was a mais selection of the Astronomy Book Club.