Imagining Other Worlds: Explorations in Astronomy and Culture
Language: English
Published by Sophia Centre Press, 2018
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- Title
- Imagining Other Worlds: Explorations in Astronomy and Culture
- Author
- Nicholas Campion and Chris Impey
- Publisher
- Sophia Centre Press
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1907767118
- ISBN 13
- 9781907767111
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 Phenomena at London’s Gresham College in 2015. Its topics range from the representation and exploration of the sky in the arts, architecture and literature, and from the ancient world to the digital age.
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This unique volume describes the richness of human encounters with astronomy. In twenty-six papers, it spans cosmic and human time, starting with the beginnings of the universe, continues with the architecture of Christopher Wren, the astronomical operas of Philip Glass, science fiction by Italo Calvino, and ends with speculations about the Last Days of our universe. The first piece by Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal of England, is truly extraordinary in the cosmic reach of topics and the clarity of his explanations of items like dark energy, multi-universes, black holes, and neutron stars. I doubt that anyone who reads this volume could avoid being stunned by the crescendo of breakthroughs we are now experiencing in astrophysics and by the fascinating variety of human activity that has been inspired by the heavens.
— J. McKim Malville
University of Colorado, Boulder
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