The Universe...and Beyond - Softcover

This is the best book of its type I have ever seen -- not really a textbook, despite its accurate coverage of the most interesting parts of modern astronomy, but not just a coffee table book either, although it is superbly designed, illustrated and produced. It is something in between and marvelous.... Presented with an almost magical combination of authority, wonder, and love. Astronomer Terence Dickinson presents the state of current knowledge and theory about the universe in accessible form. As always, Dickinson's clear style brings cosmology and astrophysics within the grasp of the lay reader.

Come on a Journey to the Edge of Space and Time
"This is the best book of its type I have ever seen--not really a textbook, despite its accurate coverage of the most interesting parts of modern astronomy, but not just a coffee table book either, although it is superbly designed, illustrated and produced. It is something in between and marvelous.... Presented with an almost magical combination of authority, wonder, and love."

-Science Books & Film, American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science

"Astronomer Terence Dickinson presents the state of current knowledge and theory about the universe in accessible form." -The Washington Post

Stand on the deserts of Mars. Plunge into the abyss of a giant black hole. Venture to the seething center of our own galaxy.

Through more than 100 full-color illustrations and photographs and an authoritative text by Dickinson, "The Universe and Beyond" takes the reader on a realistic journey from the Earth's surface to the most remote boundaries of the universe--and farther.

Using recent astronomical discoveries--not science fiction--Dickinson describes massive cannibal galaxies, unveils the mysteries of quasars and outlines the inevitable fate of our ever-expanding universe.