Brian May is the founding guitarist of the rock band Queen and a longtime astrophysics enthusiast. He recently was awarded a Ph.D. in the field by the University of London. Patrick Moore has been studying astronomy since long before mankind made it into space and was knighted for his service to the science. He is the host of The Sky at Night, the author of more than 70 astronomy books, and the co-founder and former president of the Society for Popular Astronomy. Chris Lintott is an astrophysicist who specializes in star formation.
Prefaces | p. 8 |
The Lure of the Skies | p. 14 |
Genesis: In the Beginning | p. 24 |
And Then There Was Light | p. 42 |
The Evolving Universe | p. 70 |
Stars and Planets | p. 90 |
The Emergence of Life | p. 110 |
Into the Future | p. 128 |
The End of the Universe | p. 148 |
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