• ISBN13: 9780521812122
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Physics and Astronomy
• Publisher: Cambridge UP
• Publisher Imprint: Cambridge
• Publication Date: January 1, 2002
• Pages: 276
• Original Price: GBP 34.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 767 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Space Science / Astronomy

Are we alone in the Universe? What is our place in it? How did we get here? We have long searched for the answers to questions such as these, and scientists are beginning to find some of the answers. In this beautifully illustrated book, Daniel Altschuler provides the reader with the elements to understand the questions and their answers as far as we know them. He explores subjects from physics and astronomy, to geology and paleontology. Along the way he touches on topics such as the search for life on other worlds and the hazards of asteroid impacts. Written in an engaging and readable style, readers will be intrigued by the surprising connections among the stars, our planet, and life itself. Daniel Altschuler is Director of the Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, the site of the world's largest single-dish radio telescope.

Altschuler, Daniel R.: - Daniel R Altschuler, an experienced researcher, educator, and science administrator, is director of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center's Arecibo Observatory and a member of the faculty of the Physics Department of the University of Puerto Rico, at Rio Piedras.