Beyond the Galaxy: How Humanity Looked Beyond Our Milky Way and Discovered the Entire Universe

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A look up at the night sky reveals a treasury of wonders. Even to the naked eye, the Moon, stars, planets, the Milky Way and even a few star clusters and nebulae illuminate the heavens. For millennia, humans struggled to make sense of what's out there in the Universe, from all we can see to that which lies beyond the limits of even our most powerful telescopes.Beyond the Galaxytraces our journey from an ancient, Earth-centered Universe all the way to our modern, 21st century understanding of the cosmos. Touching on not only what we know but also how we know it, Ethan Siegel takes us to the very frontiers of modern astrophysics and cosmology, from the birth of our Universe to its ultimate fate, and everything in between. A look up at the night sky reveals a treasury of wonders. Even to the naked eye, the Moon, stars, planets, the Milky Way and even a few star clusters and nebulae illuminate the heavens. For millennia, humans struggled to make sense of what's out there in the Universe, from all we can see to that which lies beyond the limits of even our most powerful telescopes.Beyond the Galaxytraces our journey from an ancient, Earth-centered Universe all the way to our modern, 21st century understanding of the cosmos. Touching on not only what we know but also how we know it, Ethan Siegel takes us to the very frontiers of modern astrophysics and cosmology, from the birth of our Universe to its ultimate fate, and everything in between. Contents: So Far, So Good: The Universe at the Start of the 20th Century A Relatively Different Story: How Einstein's Relativity Revolutionized Space, Time, and the Universe Beyond the Milky Way: A Giant Leap into an Expanding Universe The Great Leap Backwards: Theories on Where It All Came From An Element-ary Story: How the Stars Gave Life to the Universe All the Way Back: It Started with a Bang What Does It Matter: Why There is More Matter Than Antimatter in the Universe Before the Big Bang: How the Entire Universe Began Dancing in the Dark: Dark Matter and the Great Cosmic Web The Ultimate End: Dark Energy and the Fate of the Universe Past, Present and Future: All We Know About All There Is Key Features:Author of well-known physics blog "Starts with a bang"