The Astronomy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
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Summary
Explore the world of astronomy with key quotes and bold graphics to illustrate over 100 of the universe's biggest ideas。
The Astronomy Book is an exciting voyage of discovery through the cosmos。 Venture from ancient speculations about the nature of the universe， to the mind-boggling theories of recent science， including those of Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking。
Learn about the incredible histories of Halley's comet， Hubble's telescope， and NASA's modern-day trailblazing， as well as the discoveries of famous figures including Ptolemy， Isaac Newton， Walter Adams， Carl Sagan， and Alan Stern。
The Astronomy Book， part of DK's bestselling Big Ideas series， is is the perfect introduction to our ideas about space， time， and the physics of the cosmos。
The Astronomy Book is an exciting voyage of discovery through the cosmos。 Venture from ancient speculations about the nature of the universe， to the mind-boggling theories of recent science， including those of Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking。
Learn about the incredible histories of Halley's comet， Hubble's telescope， and NASA's modern-day trailblazing， as well as the discoveries of famous figures including Ptolemy， Isaac Newton， Walter Adams， Carl Sagan， and Alan Stern。
The Astronomy Book， part of DK's bestselling Big Ideas series， is is the perfect introduction to our ideas about space， time， and the physics of the cosmos。
Reviews
Luca
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Libro molto interessante e ben fatto。 Avrei preferito ci fossero state più “emozioni”， aggiungendo la reazione della gente e degli scienziati di fronte alle nuove scoperte e imprese fatte
Ng Xin Zhao
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Very very nice coverage and compliment to the Physics book。 Astronomy is unexpectedly big and interesting。
Kumasama
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*Score: 8/10*Part of the running series by DK which gives a view on a specific field of knowledge， this was my first attempt to read one of their works， and given my interest but lack of knowledge on the field of Astronomy， thought this would be a good choice。Indeed， this did not disappoint。 While slightly intimidating at first， I quickly found myself flying through it as I got used to their structure and style， and I have found this to be a great introduction of the field of Astronomy， as well *Score: 8/10*Part of the running series by DK which gives a view on a specific field of knowledge， this was my first attempt to read one of their works， and given my interest but lack of knowledge on the field of Astronomy， thought this would be a good choice。Indeed， this did not disappoint。 While slightly intimidating at first， I quickly found myself flying through it as I got used to their structure and style， and I have found this to be a great introduction of the field of Astronomy， as well as providing a broad and relatively in depth level of information。 Its structured based on time of discoveries， reaching back as far as BC times till modern era。Its a bit academic in nature， so there is no discussion or topics of debate， but the information is presented clearly with good mix of facts and speculations， and with really strong editing and imagery to enhance the understanding of the reader。 I found myself quickly trying to read more articles online as well as watch videos to learn more， and given the book has provided me with a really solid foundation on the basics I was able to understand and relate to the information I have read （i。e。 classification of stars and planets makes much more sense to me now）Highly recommended for someone interested in the field but lacks the knowledge on the fundementals， in case you also don't mind an academic take on the topic。 。。。more
Aprilleigh
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As is typical of DK books， this is divided into small chunks， ranging from 1-8 pages。 There’s a wealth of historical information as well as some solid science running from 600 BCE to the present。 The illustrations are outstanding， and range from photographs （both historical and modern）， artist renderings， and the kind of diagrams that clearly illustrate a concept in 6 square inches that would take a full page to explain in words that still leave room for misinterpretation。 This is not a referenc As is typical of DK books， this is divided into small chunks， ranging from 1-8 pages。 There’s a wealth of historical information as well as some solid science running from 600 BCE to the present。 The illustrations are outstanding， and range from photographs （both historical and modern）， artist renderings， and the kind of diagrams that clearly illustrate a concept in 6 square inches that would take a full page to explain in words that still leave room for misinterpretation。 This is not a reference work， but it’s a useful place to learn a little bit about a lot to do with astronomy。 Great for kids， or interested adults who want to start with something easy to understand。 。。。more
Tiffany Green
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I absolutely loved the layout of this book。 All the information was explained well。 And the beautiful pictures were a bonus！
Elizzy
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Letztens habe ich meine Bücherregale durchgesehen und dabei sechs Bücher wieder entdeckt， die mich eine ganze Zeit lang sehr begeistert haben。 Sie haben mich nicht nur begeistert， sondern auch smarter gemacht。Ich hatte beim Lesen richtige “Aha-Erlebnisse” und möchte nun diese sechs Bücher mit euch teilen。Neugier ist der Beginn allen Lernens。– Boris JägerDer DK Verlag hat eine ganze Reihe unter der Kategorie “Big Ideas” an Büchern rund um das Thema Wissen。 Egal zu welchem Themengebiet， hier finde Letztens habe ich meine Bücherregale durchgesehen und dabei sechs Bücher wieder entdeckt， die mich eine ganze Zeit lang sehr begeistert haben。 Sie haben mich nicht nur begeistert， sondern auch smarter gemacht。Ich hatte beim Lesen richtige “Aha-Erlebnisse” und möchte nun diese sechs Bücher mit euch teilen。Neugier ist der Beginn allen Lernens。– Boris JägerDer DK Verlag hat eine ganze Reihe unter der Kategorie “Big Ideas” an Büchern rund um das Thema Wissen。 Egal zu welchem Themengebiet， hier findet man bestimmt ein Buch， welches den Wissensdurst stillen möchte。Ich habe ja letztes Jahr herausgefunden， dass ich ein sogenannter Scanner-Typ bin und somit mich für sehr vieles interessiere und auch schnell viel neues lernen möchte。 Dafür sind diese Bücher ideal！Die sechs Themengebiete， die mich also aktuell am meisten interessieren sind: Psychologie， Philosophie， Wissenschaft， Astronomie， Geschichte und wie könnte es anders sein; Literatur。Knowledge is the most valuable skill you can sell。– Barack ObamaWissenschaft ist nur etwas für Wenige？ Ganz sicher nicht！ Die menschliche Geschichte ist eine Geschichte des Forschens。 Wir haben schon immer versucht， auf alles eine Antwort zu finden。 „Das Wissenschaftsbuch“ liefert einen ergreifenden Überblick über die Geschichte und die Entwicklung der Naturwissenschaften。Von ihren Anfängen 600 v。 Chr。 über die Erweiterung unseres Horizonts von 1700 bis 1800 bis hin zu vertieften neuen Erkenntnissen der letzten 50 Jahre werden die wichtigsten Theorien der Physik， Chemie， Biologie und Geowissenschaft anschaulich vorgestellt。 Dabei wird auf spannungsreiche Art und Weise auf Experimente und Beobachtungen eingegangen。 Sie führten schließlich zu gewaltigen neuen Erkenntnissen！In diesem innovativen Astronomie-Buch werden astronomische Theorien， die Geschichte der Raumfahrt und über 100 zentrale Ideen der Astronomie galaktisch-gut erklärt。 Schritt-für-Schritt-Diagramme， witzige Illustrationen und tolle Fotografien visualisieren komplexe Sachverhalte anschaulich und verständlich。 Außerdem machen Sie Bekanntschaft mit den berühmtesten Wissenschaftlern des Universums！ Einsteins Relativitätstheorie durchschauen， die Geheimnisse schwarzer Löcher ergründen， den Urknall verstehen und die Biografie von Stephen Hawking kennen lernen: Jeder， der die Wissenschaft hinter Sternen， Planeten oder dem Sonnensystem begreifen will， braucht dieses ausgezeichnete Astronomie-Buch。 Es blickt in den Himmel und lädt dazu ein， den Weltraum genau zu betrachten und gedanklich auf der Milchstraße spazieren zu gehen。Dieses umfassende Nachschlagewerk präsentiert die größten Meisterwerke， Romanhelden und Schriftsteller der Literaturgeschichte – von Fitzgeralds großen Gatsby über Goethes Faust bis zu Shelleys Frankenstein。 Welche Bedeutung hat der weiße Wal in Moby-Dick？ Wie funktioniert die Erzähltechnik des Bewusstseinsstroms？ Und was haben Lolita und Uhrwerk Orange gemeinsam？ Begeben Sie sich mit diesem Buch auf eine faszinierende Entdeckungstour durch über 100 Bücher aus aller Welt， die das literarische Leben nachhaltig geprägt haben。 Beeindruckende Abbildungen， inspirierende Autoren-Zitate und detaillierte Handlungszusammenfassungen machen Literatur greifbar。 Interessante Kurzbiografien der bedeutendsten Schriftsteller und Schriftstellerinnen sowie anschauliche Erklärungen der gesellschaftlichen Hintergründe helfen außerdem dabei， die Bedeutung einzelner Literaturstücke zu vertiefen。Warum hat die Demokratie ihren Ursprung im alten Griechenland？ Wie eroberten die Spanier Süd- und Mittelamerika？ Was brachte die Berliner Mauer zu Fall？ In diesem Buch finden Sie die Antworten auf diese und viele weitere spannende Fragen der Weltgeschichte。 Erwecken Sie die bedeutendsten historischen Augenblicke zum Leben und entdecken Sie die Faszination Geschichte hautnah！Ob die Ermordung Julius Cäsars， Luthers Thesen von 1517 oder die Erfindung des Internets – auf diesen Seiten finden Sie die wichtigsten geschichtlichen Fakten versammelt auf den Punkt gebracht und ansprechend visualisiert durch zahlreiche Fotos， Diagramme und Piktogramme。 Hier werden keinen trockenen Daten oder Jahreszahlen aufgezählt， sondern Sie erfahren auch die Hintergründe und treibenden Ideen hinter einzelnen prägenden Ereignissen der Vergangenheit。 Was ist Gerechtigkeit？ Wie wissen wir， was wir wissen？ Was macht ein sinnvolles Leben aus？ Mit Fragen wie diesen haben sich viele Philosophen auseinandergesetzt und Ideen formuliert， die unsere Welt beeinflusst und verändert haben。 Das Philosophie-Buch führt durch über 2000 Jahre philosophisches Denken und erklärt über 100 große Ideen berühmter Denker – von Platon über Heidegger bis Derrida。 Chronologisch geordnete Portraits liefern Informationen zum Leben der einzelnen Philosophen und ihren Hauptwerken。 Außerdem wird jede Kernthese durch übersichtliche Querverweise in einen historischen Zusammenhang gestellt。 So werden beispielsweise ihre Vordenker und Schüler ersichtlich。 Bekannte und unbekannte Zitate wie “Der Zweck rechtfertigt die Mittel” oder “Die Welt war nicht immer da” kombiniert mit einer unkonventionellen Gestaltung der Seiten machen Lust auf ein oft als abstrakt und komplex eingeschätztes Thema。Was macht unsere Persönlichkeit aus， wie treffen wir Entscheidungen und wie prägt unsere Kindheit unser Verhalten？ Mit diesen Fragestellungen beschäftigt sich dieses Psychologie-Buch: Über 100 wichtige psychologische Theorien und Konzepte werden hier anschaulich， innovativ und verständlich mit Illustrationen， Diagrammen und Fotografien erklärt sowie die Biografien bedeutsamer Psychologen in Porträts vorgestellt。 Die “Big Ideas” Reihe ist sehr übersichtlich aufgebaut。 Man findet gleich zu Beginn ein Inhaltsverzeichnis und kann sich so auch nur mit dem Thema beschäftigen， dass einen gerade brennend interessiert。Die Infos werden meiner Meinung nach klar und strukturiert vermittelt und man lernt auf jeder Seite viel Neues dazu。 Ich hätte mir ja solche Bücher zu meiner Schulzeit gewünscht。Welche Themengebiete interessieren euch besonders？ Und bildet ihr euch darin selbst fort？Für mich persönlich ist dies sehr wichtig， denn nur weil man die Schule oder das Studium beendet hat， heisst das nicht， dass man nicht weiter Dinge lernen kann。 Alles was man mehr weiss oder vertieft， wird einen auf irgendeine Weise bestimmt weiter bringen。RAN AN DIE BÜCHER， 。。。more
Balsam Alesawi
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What a beautiful journey I had with this book！ It made me travel through time from the initial glimpses of the wondering human as he stood gazing to the magnificent sky， to the latest technological triumphs we had with our unlimited curiosity。
Emily K
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If you learn best from college textbooks， this one has you covered。 Not for me， though。
erigibbi
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4。5Leggendo Il libro dell’astronomia mi è venuta voglia di vedere。Di vedere quello di cui si stava parlando。Sono andata alla ricerca di galassie， di nubi， di pianeti， di satelliti， di infinita bellezza。E mi sono sentita così piccola e così insignificante e così fortunata。Viviamo in un universo immenso， così vasto che non riusciamo nemmeno a immaginarlo， né tantomeno a vederlo tutto。Abbiamo la fortuna che un pianeta （un unico pianeta， su quanti？） sia abitabile， sia perfetto per noi， noi che non s 4。5Leggendo Il libro dell’astronomia mi è venuta voglia di vedere。Di vedere quello di cui si stava parlando。Sono andata alla ricerca di galassie， di nubi， di pianeti， di satelliti， di infinita bellezza。E mi sono sentita così piccola e così insignificante e così fortunata。Viviamo in un universo immenso， così vasto che non riusciamo nemmeno a immaginarlo， né tantomeno a vederlo tutto。Abbiamo la fortuna che un pianeta （un unico pianeta， su quanti？） sia abitabile， sia perfetto per noi， noi che non siamo nessuno。E siamo così piccoli， così finiti， e lì fuori， qua fuori， è tutto immenso， immensamente grande e immensamente meraviglioso。E noi ci viviamo。Ma ci rendiamo conto di quanto siamo davvero fortunati？Di esserci， di essere qui， ora， e di godere di questo spettacolo。Sono piccola。Sono insignificante。Ma Dio， se sono fortunata。 。。。more
Agne
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Audio。 I'm sure it's great， but I don't think it translates to audio that well。 I mean。。。if you have ever dreamed of someone reading out an encyclopedia to you then this is it。 The first half is especially fragmented in this sense。 However， the structure is actually pretty interesting with focus on what came before and after certain discoveries or scientists。 Some of the more modern concepts made that nice "woooosh" sound as they flew right past my ability to understand them。 Maybe there was too Audio。 I'm sure it's great， but I don't think it translates to audio that well。 I mean。。。if you have ever dreamed of someone reading out an encyclopedia to you then this is it。 The first half is especially fragmented in this sense。 However， the structure is actually pretty interesting with focus on what came before and after certain discoveries or scientists。 Some of the more modern concepts made that nice "woooosh" sound as they flew right past my ability to understand them。 Maybe there was too much focus on the people of astronomy for it to count as "simply explained"。 So。。 try the paper version。 。。。more
Erika
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Potrebbero cambiare il nome in "astrophysics for dummies"， il testo è chiaro， la immagini aiutano e spiegano la struttura anche del più complicato strumento/sonda/teorema/teoria。 Se si è appassionati di astrofisica e si vuole conoscere di più， è un buon punto da cui iniziare。 Potrebbero cambiare il nome in "astrophysics for dummies"， il testo è chiaro， la immagini aiutano e spiegano la struttura anche del più complicato strumento/sonda/teorema/teoria。 Se si è appassionati di astrofisica e si vuole conoscere di più， è un buon punto da cui iniziare。 。。。more
Andre Garcia
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A basic introduction to astronomy， without much technicality。 Very good to people that likes the subject。
Marina
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** Books 27 - 2020 **This books to accomplish Tsundoku Books Challenge 20203，7 of 5 stars！ my knowledge about astronomy is just about the name of planets and also Galileo Galilei as the founder of telescope。 But it turns out this books gives me so many new scientist name and knowledge like when is the planet founded。 what is nebula is。 what is the black and white holes。 I am also doesn't know before that Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein that having contributed into the astrophysics before i thou ** Books 27 - 2020 **This books to accomplish Tsundoku Books Challenge 20203，7 of 5 stars！ my knowledge about astronomy is just about the name of planets and also Galileo Galilei as the founder of telescope。 But it turns out this books gives me so many new scientist name and knowledge like when is the planet founded。 what is nebula is。 what is the black and white holes。 I am also doesn't know before that Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein that having contributed into the astrophysics before i thought their invention is not related with astronomy beforeone of my concern is there is such a little inspiring women indeed who participated in Astronomy （only three to four women in this books） i am a little bit sad about that but hey we have Marie Curie as the founder about the radiation。 am i right？ Thankyou Big Bad Wolf Jakarta 2020！ #StayAtHome #SelfQuarantine 。。。more
Lia Lynch
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We have a telescope at home and this is a good go-to -- really interesting addition to a star map。
kim ⛓♡ ྀ
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˚ ༘✶ ⋆｡5 Stars╰✧ This book is a great introduction to the basics of astronomy。 It shows how the use of astronomy has developed and also shows you different astronomers who proposed different ideas about astronomy and astrology。 I would recommend to anyone who is interested in this topic and would like to learn more。xoxo-Kim
Skyer
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Kniha je vhodná pro začátek， když se chcete něco dozvědět o astronomii。 Je hezky zpracovaná a zabývá se historickým vývojem poznání - na to pozor， není to soubor všeho， co už víme， ale toho， jak se na to postupně přicházelo。
Melinda Flaugher
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A nice introduction to the basic concepts of astronomy。
Nathalie
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Ach， was soll ich sagen - es war einfach toll！ Ja， es werden wichtige Theorien einfach erklärt aber die Illustrationen dazu sind der Hammer。 ♥️
Amanda Youngs
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In the interests of full disclosure， I read this book as part of a project for work。 And I would never have chosen to read a book on this subject， thinking it would be too scientific and mathematical and generally not remotely appealing。Well， how wrong could I have been？ This is a rare 5 star book as far as I am concerned。 There was a lot of history in it， and how things progressed while we were learning about the stars and space， which discoveries came when and what they meant。 And people the w In the interests of full disclosure， I read this book as part of a project for work。 And I would never have chosen to read a book on this subject， thinking it would be too scientific and mathematical and generally not remotely appealing。Well， how wrong could I have been？ This is a rare 5 star book as far as I am concerned。 There was a lot of history in it， and how things progressed while we were learning about the stars and space， which discoveries came when and what they meant。 And people the world over have been fascinated by the stars， so this is quite a substantial book！ I was delighted to see so many women featured in the book。 It looks like there have been women involved in astronomy for hundreds of years， and it feels like quite an egalitarian interest。 Another thing that struck me as a pleasant surprise was the sense of humour that a lot of astronomers have。 Some of the names of features in the sky include: MACHOs （I won't tell you what the initials stand for） and WIMPs！ I can just imagine nerds the world over tittering over things like that。 I certainly did！So I would recommend。 There is a lot of content in the book， but the way it is written means that you can read it a page or two at a time。 There are so many little sub-chapters， there is no need to rush through it。 You can take your time as you read it - or do like I did， and read the whole thing in a few days。 I could see me going back to this one as well。 。。。more
Metodi Pachev
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What a lovely book。 All important ideas in astronomy， astrophysics and cosmology， explained simply with appealing graphics。 More chapters on astrobiology would have been appreciated。
Kacper
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Focused on the history of astronomy。 I didn't want a history lesson， I just wanted a recap of what we know about astronomy。 Focused on the history of astronomy。 I didn't want a history lesson， I just wanted a recap of what we know about astronomy。 。。。more
Catherine ↟Katia↟ •Ravenclaw•
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Meraviglioso。 É un libro quasi scolastico ma se siete davvero interessati a la materia sará un piacere "studiarlo"。 Meraviglioso。 É un libro quasi scolastico ma se siete davvero interessati a la materia sará un piacere "studiarlo"。 。。。more
Lindsey
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Lots and lots I didn’t know。 Of course current theories may be wrong about some （or a lot） of things， and I definitely didn’t understand everything， but still—mind blown。 God is quite the creator。
Indah Threez Lestari
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565 - 2019
Patron
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The first scientific entry I've read in this series also happens to be one of the best I've picked up so far！ As a complete neophyte to the serious study of astronomy past high school level， I've now decided that I'm absolutely enhanced by the universe and how little we know about it （seriously， I didn't get how much of a developing field astronomy is until I read this） and it's all thanks to the lovely people who condensed terrifying ideas like alien life and black holes into this magnificent r The first scientific entry I've read in this series also happens to be one of the best I've picked up so far！ As a complete neophyte to the serious study of astronomy past high school level， I've now decided that I'm absolutely enhanced by the universe and how little we know about it （seriously， I didn't get how much of a developing field astronomy is until I read this） and it's all thanks to the lovely people who condensed terrifying ideas like alien life and black holes into this magnificent reference book。 No longer am I put off by terms in astrophysics， or confused over the specifics of our galaxy and our Solar System。 Obviously， this won't make you an expert in astronomy， but if you're interested in the subject but shy enough to be intimidated by trying to find out what the heck a quasar is， then I'm optimistic that the Astronomy Book will be able to help you just as much as it helped me。 I can only hope that every branch of science has a beginner's guide as good as this。 。。。more
Mr Shahabi
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DK never disappoint as simple refrences
Jack
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It was a good book that provided lots of good and clear information。 It also explained the history of astronomy and physics， and how they have changed over the years。
catt ୭̥*ﾞ
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SOMEONE PLS GET ME THIS FOR MY BRITHDAY
Sarah
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A thorough， high level overview of the great events in the history of humans studying stars。 I enjoyed skimming through the highlights and sharing the pictures with my children。
Gabby
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