The expanding universe

The origin and evolution of the universe clearly and concisely explained by one of the most prominent researchers in the field of astronomy.

In his new book, renowned Chilean astronomer Mario Hamuy offers the essential tools to easily understand the central topics of contemporary astronomy and one of the greatest milestones in cosmology: the accelerated expansion of the universe.

He takes the reader on a fascinating journey: exoplanets, planetary nebulae, supernovae, dark matter and black holes, and explains such fundamental questions as how distances between planets are measured, what happened after the Big Bang or, for example, who Edwin Hubble is. All of this is accompanied by the author's personal anecdotes and images that help illustrate these topics.

A book to catch up on one of the sciences that can tell us the most about our future as a species.