First Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universe

Preston, Richard

ISBN 10: 0871132001 / ISBN 13: 9780871132000

Published by Atlantic Monthly Pr, 1987

About this Item

A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras arenâ t guaranteedâ but the storyâ s all there!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: First Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universe
• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0871132001
• ISBN 13: 9780871132000
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

First Light is perhaps the best book about astronomy ever written. It tells the story of the men and women at the Palomar Observatory in the San Gabriel Mountains of California who peer through the amazing Hale Telescope at the farthest edges of space, attempting to solve the riddle of the beginning of time. "Science is a lot weirder and more human than most people realize," Preston writes in his foreword to this revised and updated edition of his first book, and he skillfully weaves together stories of the eccentricities of his characters and the technical wonders of their work to create a riveting narrative about what scientists do and why they do it.

About the Author

Richard Preston received The Overseas Press Club of America's 1995 Whitman Bassow Award for "best reporting in any medium on environmental issues" forThe Hot Zone. First Light, Preston's first book, won the American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award. He is a regular contributor toThe New Yorker. Preston lives in Princeton, New Jersey, with his wife and children.