Chris Impey is University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Arizona. His books include
The Living Cosmos,
How It Ends, and
How It Began.
Holly Henry is professor of English at California State University, San Bernardino. She is the author of
Virginia Woolf and the Discourse of Science: The Aesthetics of Astronomy.
17 Ebook di Chris Impey
Chris Impey & Holly Henry: Dreams of Other Worlds
The story of unmanned space exploration, from Viking to today Dreams of Other Worlds describes the unmanned space missions that have opened new windows on distant worlds. Spanning four decades of dra …
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Impey Chris Impey: Humble before the Void : A Western Astronomer, his Journey East, and a Remarkable Encounter Between Western Science and Tibetan Buddhism
“This book will provide readers with a greater awareness of the spirit of curiosity and inquiry that lies at the heart of the Buddhist tradition, as well as the fruitfulness of maintaining active com …
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Chris Impey & Sanlyn Buxner: Astronomy Education Volume 1
Astronomy is a popular subject for non-science majors in the United States, often representing a last formal exposure to science. Research has demonstrated the efficacy of active learning, but colleg …
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Chris Impey: How It Ends: From You to the Universe
“Remarkably upbeat, and imbued with wit, wisdom and a palpable sense of awe over our universe.”—Tucson Weekly Most of us are aware of our own mortality, but few among us know what science, with insig …
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Chris Impey: How It Began: A Time-Traveler’s Guide to the Universe
“Impey combines the vision of a practicing scientist with the voice of a gifted storyteller.”—Dava Sobel In this vibrant, eye-opening tour of milestones in the history of our universe, Chris Impey gu …
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Chris Impey: Beyond: Our Future in Space
“Expansive and enlightening. . . . Impey packs his prose with wonderful anecdotes and weird factoids.”—New York Times Book Review Human exploration has been an unceasing engine of technological progr …
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Chris Impey: Einstein’s Monsters: The Life and Times of Black Holes
“[A] skillfully told history of the quest to find black holes.” —Manjit Kumar, Financial Times Black holes are the best-known and least-understood objects in the universe. In Einstein’s Mo …
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Chris Impey & Matthew Wenger: Astronomy Education, Volume 2
Astronomy is a popular subject for non-science majors in the United States, often representing a last formal exposure to science. Online learning environments are increasingly important in the landsc …
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Nicholas Campion & Chris Impey: Imagining Other Worlds
This anthology brings together chapters from astronomers, historians and writers who are inspired by the sky, and who originally gathered at the conference on the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomen …
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Chris Impey: Worlds without End
The science of finding habitable planets beyond our solar system and the prospects for establishing human civilization away from our ever-less-habitable planetary home.Planet Earth, it turns out, may …
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