01934cam a2200349 4500 244651210 TxAuBib 20151022120000.0 130102s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780985323059 0985323051 9780985323028 0985323027 (OCoLC)823191559 TxAuBib Jackson, Tom, 1972- The universe : an illustrated history of astronomy / Tom Jackson. New York : Shelter Harbor Press, 2012. 144 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. + 1 fold-out timeline. Ponderables "100 discoveries that changed history, who did what when"--cover. "Fold-out timeline with over 1000 milestone facts"--cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 140) and index. Introduction -- At the center of the universe -- Finding Earth's place -- Greater, farther, longer -- Reaching for the stars -- The next frontier -- 101 astronomy: the basics -- Imponderables -- The great astronomers. Astronomers today believe that the Universe may have begun 13.7 billion years ago, when its entire energy, mass, space, and even time, expanded out from a single point. Every scientific discovery about space and the stars their beginnings as well as our own derives from this ancient light. Jackson examines astronomy's turning points, times when years of accumulated thought converged upon one astronomer's obsession, to turn a confounding puzzle into a discovery that changed the way we see the world. What are today's mysteries yet to be solved? Where will they lead? What will be the next discovery? 20151022. Cosmology. Astronomy. Outer space Exploration. Ponderables. TXJOU