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Cosmologythe science that aims at a comprehensive theory of creation, evolution, and present structure of the entire physical universeis the subject of this compelling book by one of the worlds preeminent astronomers. Written especially for the general reader, Emerging Cosmology traces the history of what is perhaps the first science from the earliest surviving evidence of cosmological thought, circa 3,000 B.C.E., to the present. Robert Jastrow calls Emerging Cosmology "an eminently readable and absorbing account of the greatest revolution in human thought since the dawn of timegrowing awareness that space is vast and the world of man is small. Lovell tells the story with a rare grace and insight that reveal the touch of a master on science for the layman."Bernard Lovell is the author of 'Emerging Cosmology', published 1984 under ISBN 9780275917906 and ISBN 0275917908.
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