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Description for Many Skies
Paperback. Editor(s): Upgren, Arthur. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PG; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 456.
What if Earth had several moons or massive rings like Saturn? What if the Sun were but one star in a double-star or triple-star system? What if Earth were the only planet circling the Sun?
These and other imaginative scenarios are the subject of Arthur Upgren's inventive book Many Skies: Alternative Histories of the Sun, Moon, Planets, and Stars. Although the night sky as we know it seems eternal and inevitable, Upgren reminds us that, just as easily, it could have been very different.
Had the solar sytem happened to be in the midst of a star ... Read more
What if Earth had several moons or massive rings like Saturn? What if the Sun were but one star in a double-star or triple-star system? What if Earth were the only planet circling the Sun?
These and other imaginative scenarios are the subject of Arthur Upgren's inventive book Many Skies: Alternative Histories of the Sun, Moon, Planets, and Stars. Although the night sky as we know it seems eternal and inevitable, Upgren reminds us that, just as easily, it could have been very different.
Had the solar sytem happened to be in the midst of a star ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813553504
SKU
V9780813553504
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About Arthur Upgren
Arthur Upgren is emeritus professor of astronomy at Wesleyan University and senior research scientist at Yale University. He is also the author of several popular books on science and astronomy, including Night Has a Thousand Eyes and The Turtle and the Stars: Observations of an Earthbound Astronomer.
Reviews for Many Skies
"Art Upgren not only reminds us of the simple pleasures of star gazing, he reconnects us with the generations of those who have dared to ask how it all works. Upgren's book thus carves a path along which we can reacquaint ourselves with the universe."
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
director, Hayden Planetarium
"Upgren has produced an intriguing ... Read more
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
director, Hayden Planetarium
"Upgren has produced an intriguing ... Read more