COSMIGRAPHICS – Picturing Space Through Time

Inbunden bok. –– FÖRLAGSNY! –– Abrams. 2014. 320 sidor.

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In Cosmigraphics, Michael Benson, author of ground-breaking books of space photography, turns his attention to the history of the visual description and mapping of the universe.
• This is a story that begins in myth and ends with science. Selecting the most artful and profound examples of cosmic imagery, Benson chronicles successive cosmological models that capture our growing awareness of humanity's place in nature, from terracentric to heliocentric to "galactocentric" to our current disaggregated decenteredness; shows how the invention and perfection of the telescope forced wondrous visions of unimaginable places; and explains why today photography alone cannot reveal the deeper truths about time and space in images.
• As much a work of art as it is of science, it includes hundreds of brilliant illustrations. Cosmigraphics is the first book to explore the visual side of our greatest imaginative achievement as a species: the unveiling of a vast universe that is largely invisible to our senses.
• It will be appeal to the many space-struck Earthlings who are Benson's loyal readers, art lovers and readers interested in the history of science, the visualisation of information, graphic design and mapping.
• 300 4-colour illustrations.

"Wonderful book! – This is an amazing book with beautiful coloured plates on every page. Illustrations from ancient times to modern show how we processed our understanding of the universe. It's a big heavy book which is more than worth its value and is simply stunning."

"The Heavens through Time! – As an unashamed academic, even in my 60's I still find some books to stand out, and this is one of them. Lavishly illustrated, but with good organization and explanations, this is a tome not to be read at one sitting but to be savored in smaller bits. It is a massive undertaking and an amazing work, bringing documents into the light that would be unavailable to individuals but that can now be shared in this volume. Highly recommended for those who are interested in the history of how humans have either understood the heavens and tried to visualize it, or how they worked to force the heavens to match their pre-conceived notion of how they believed it should be. One can turn to any page and be enlightened, or choose to follow an unfolding understanding as the author lays out the flow of understanding through time of certain events and celestial phenomenon."

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