Book description
Since the dawn of humanity, men have attempted to divine the nature
of the heavens. The first astronomers mapped the movement of the
seasons and used the positions of the constellations for augurs and
astrology.
Today, the search goes ever deeper into the nature of
reality and life itself. In this accessible overview, astrophysicist
J. P. McEvoy tells the story of how our knowledge of the cosmos has
developed. He puts in context many of the greatest discoveries of all
time and many of the dominant personalities: Aristotle, Copernicus,
and Isaac Newton, and as we approach the modern era, Einstein,
Eddington, and Hawking.
