The New York times book of physics and astronomy : more than 100 years of covering the expanding universe / Book of physics and astronomy edited by Cornelia Dean ; foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson. - xviii, 557 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes index.

The nature of matter -- The practical atom -- The fate of the universe.

"From 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 are the very best, covering 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 recent discovery of the Higgs Boson; Walter Sullivan on the colliding beam machine; and more"--

9781402793202 (hardback) 1402793200 (hardback)

1364328 QBI

2013013435


1900 - 1999


Physics--History--20th century.
Astronomy--History--20th century.
American newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.
SCIENCE / Astronomy.
American newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.
Astronomy.
Physics.


History.

QC7 / .N397 2013

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