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Compact Cosmos

A Journey Through Space and Time

Walker & Company, September 2005
ISBN: 978-0-8027-1455-8, ISBN10: 0-8027-1455-2,
5 1/2 x 6 5/8 inches, 64 pages,
Hardcover, $10.00

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Exploring the macrocosm from colossal galactic superclusters to quiet backwater planets, Matt Tweed offers a primer on the cosmos for anyone fascinated by the heavens. He traces the evolution of stars and formation of planets, describing our "light bubble" and why we can't see any farther than we do. For a concise and accessible description of extra-solar planetary systems, black holes, pulsars, nebulae, great walls, dark matter, red shifts, and much more, The Compact Cosmos is an indispensable guide. Data tables, lists of cosmological constants, and distances from Earth to other bodies in space form a useful appendix.

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"The fascinating, informative Wooden Books series blends ancient wisdom and modern knowledge. The books . . . will stimulate more thinking and subsequent 'Eureka' moments than a dozen novels laced with narrative innovation and postmodern stylings."—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

About the Author(s)

Matt Tweed

Matt Tweed is the author of Essential Elements and the illustrator of Useful Mathematical & Physical Formulae. An artist and a musician, he lives in England.