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The Universe in Thirteen Graphs
Charting Cosmic Discoveries Across Space and Time
See the Universe as astronomers do: these thirteen graphs distill the cutting-edge discoveries of the cosmos, from planets and stars to galaxies to ripples in spacetime itself. In this fully illustrated and engaging book, astronomers Chris Lintott and Jeffrey Grube, and data scientist Daina Bouquin, focus on thirteen graphs to offer a tour of the major astronomical discoveries over the last century.
Meet the HR diagram, which tells us about stellar lives, marvel at the Hubble diagram’s evidence for the expansion of the Universe, understand special relativity through Minkowski spacetime, and turn back time to the earliest visible light of the cosmic microwave background. But this is no textbook. With fascinating stories of discovery and accessible science for understanding ongoing debates, this book proves that while a picture may be worth a thousand words, a graph can show you the Universe.