One Universe. At Home In The Cosmos

If you've ever looked at the sky in awe and wonder, this is the book to open. Throw away your misconceptions and enjoy this glowing, imaginative, instructive book. You will discover a glorious universe and how it works. Remarkable pictures and understandable analogies will lead you through current ideas concerning motion, matter, and energy within the cosmos. Enjoy the trip! Vera Rubin Astronomer, Carnegie Institution of Washington One Universe performs a singular service for the lay reader. At a time when science fact has become stranger and more sensational than science fiction, the authors have demonstrated that the laws governing our total environment are the same as those responsible for our being. The vastness and mystery of the universe needn't make us uncomfortable as long as we understand how we belong in it. We can be (and are) "at home in the cosmos." Hugh Downs Amateur astronomer and former co-anchor of ABC's 20/20 The emerging realization that we are not only in, but of, the universe is adeptly explored in this eminently accessible guide to the big picture. Timothy Ferris Author, The Whole Shebang and Coming of Age in the Milky Way Tyson, Liu, and Irion have brought the universe clown to earth. In clear prose-laced with neat metaphors drawn from everyday experience-they introduce the uninitiated to our cosmos. Black holes and cold dark matter, its all here in a deceptively simple yet accurate account. J. P. Ostriker Provost Princeton University One Universe presents the astonishing revelations and images of this golden age of astronomy with elegance and clarity. Ann Druyan Co-writer, Cosmos and Contact