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A review by omipotent
The Sky Atlas: The Greatest Maps, Myths and Discoveries of the Universe by Edward Brooke-Hitching
5.0
Incredible!
My infant brain: History. Space. Science. Pictures. Oooooooooooo.
After pursuing a career in art I forgot my LOVE of space astronomy (I backed out of the amount of maths and lack of story physics would give me) but this book just won the medle of favourite books so far. Funny, enthralling, mindblowing stories of galactic breakthroughs. Puts into perspective the immense amount of time it's taken us to understand the life around us which still has so many unanswered questions. We are ants. The universe is large. We are fish in a fish pond trying to jump out of it. And how some of the scientists and astronomers and mathmetitians actually figured out these theories is beyond me. Sitting in a room just thinking "how can I calculate the motion of the moon, sitting here in my Greek house without a telescope" 'oh I know!' ????????????? How they got from Q to A. Is a genius that dwarfs my understanding.
My infant brain: History. Space. Science. Pictures. Oooooooooooo.
After pursuing a career in art I forgot my LOVE of space astronomy (I backed out of the amount of maths and lack of story physics would give me) but this book just won the medle of favourite books so far. Funny, enthralling, mindblowing stories of galactic breakthroughs. Puts into perspective the immense amount of time it's taken us to understand the life around us which still has so many unanswered questions. We are ants. The universe is large. We are fish in a fish pond trying to jump out of it. And how some of the scientists and astronomers and mathmetitians actually figured out these theories is beyond me. Sitting in a room just thinking "how can I calculate the motion of the moon, sitting here in my Greek house without a telescope" 'oh I know!' ????????????? How they got from Q to A. Is a genius that dwarfs my understanding.