The New York Times Book of Physics and Astronomy More Than 100 Years of Covering the Expanding Universe |
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| Editor:
| Dean, Cornelia |
| Foreword by:
| Tyson, Neil deGrasse |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4027-9326-4 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | Union Square & Co
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $2.99 |
Book Description:
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A century-spanning collection of science reporting by acclaimed and Pulitzer-winning New York Times writers: "A treat . . . highly recommended." --Library JournalFrom the discovery of distant galaxies and black holes to the tiny interstices of the atom, here is the very best on physics and astronomy from the
New York Times. The newspaper of record has always prided itself on its award-winning science coverage, and these 125 articles...
More Description A century-spanning collection of science reporting by acclaimed and Pulitzer-winning New York Times writers: "A treat . . . highly recommended." --Library JournalFrom the discovery of distant galaxies and black holes to the tiny interstices of the atom, here is the very best on physics and astronomy from the
New York Times. The newspaper of record has always prided itself on its award-winning science coverage, and these 125 articles from its archives cover more than a century of breakthroughs, setbacks, and mysteries. Selected by former science editor Cornelia Dean, they feature such esteemed and Pulitzer Prize-winning writers as:
- Malcolm W. Browne on teleporting, antimatter atoms, and the physics of traffic jams
- James Glanz on string theory
- George Johnson on quantum physics
- William L. Laurence on Bohr and Einstein
- Dennis Overbye on the discovery of the Higgs Boson
- Walter Sullivan on the colliding beam machine, and more