The Story of Astronomy. From Babylonian Stargazers to the Search for the Big Bang. - AUGHTON, PETER

Original publisher's black paper-covered boards, silver title spine, pictorial dustjacket, large 4to: frontispiece, 222pp., [ij], very richly illustrated, boxes, time tables, glossary, index, general bibliography, credits illustrations. Very fine copy - as new. Thorough history of great minds such as COPERNICUS, GALILEO and STEPHEN HAWKING, and their attempts to unravel the secrets of the cosmos. London, Quercus. 2008 [Auteur: AUGHTON, PETER] [Jaar: 2008] [Titel: The Story of Astronomy. From Babylonian Stargazers to the Search for the Big Bang.]