Ken Croswell, Author . Free Press $27 (352p) ISBN 978-0-684-85931-6
The battles to ascertain the values of three little "constants," whose importance far surpasses their size, form the center of this first-rate survey of cosmology's development over the last 100 years. They are the Hubble constant, or...
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Ken Croswell, Author . Boyds Mills $19.95 (56p) ISBN 978-1-59078-423-5
On the basis of its striking design and photographs, this handsome, large-format volume is well worthy of praise. And astronomer Crosswell's (See the Stars
) concise yet conversational, information-packed text wins it sky-high accolades in the...
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Ken Croswell, Author, Croswell, Author Simon & Schuster $60 (224p) ISBN 978-0-684-84594-4
With an impressive constellation of pictures (including computer-enhanced images from the Hubble Space Telescope), Croswell (Alchemy of the Heavens) takes readers on an introductory tour of the celestial spaces and places that interest astronomers,...
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Ken Croswell, Author, Philippe Van, Illustrator Doubleday Books $24.95 (340p) ISBN 978-0-385-47213-5
Croswell, an astronomer and experienced science writer, has authored an up-to-date and quite readable overview of our present knowledge concerning the Milky Way. Much of this survey concerns relatively recent discoveries about our galaxy, especially
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Ken Croswell, Author, Kris Croswell, Author Simon & Schuster $25 (304p) ISBN 978-0-684-83252-4
In a book as rich in story as it is in science, Croswell (The Alchemy of the Heavens) takes readers on an epic journey through time and space. The story opens in Rome on February 17, 1600, where defrocked priest Giordano Bruno is being led to his...
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