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This book is one of those great rarities in science and literature
-- a lucid and fascinating discussion of the most fundamental questions regarding
the origin of the world and the place of man in the cosmos. The scientific story
of Genesis touches on the central problems of human existence? What am I? How
did I get here? What is my relation to the rest of the universe? Red
Giants and White Dwarfs is a companion work to Until the Sun Dies.
It displays the insights of a man capable of unifying and enlivening the central
ideas of science. Robert Jastrow blends a crisp style with a remarkable selection
of photographs to reveal the birth and death of stars and planets and the emergence
of intelligent life. The author's observations of Rutherford, Darwin, Urey, and
other pioneer scientists add a compelling human element to the story. The
original version of Red Giants and White Dwarfs has been acclaimed as the
classic work on the history of the universe. The new edition is expanded to include
a decade of discoveries on black holes, the scientific evidence for creation,
the moons of Jupiter, life on Mars, and evidence bearing on intelligent life in
the cosmos and the idea of the UFO. Robert Jastrow is
an internationally known astronomer and authority on life in the cosmos. He is
the founder and director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies and was
awarded the NASA medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement. He is also Professor
of Astronomy and Geology at Columbia University, and Professor of Earth Sciences
at Dartmouth College. Dr. Jastrow is widely known
for his television appearances on astronomy and space exploration. He has been
host on more then one hundred CBS Network-TV programs on space science. BBC-TV
and ITN-TV brought him to London for coverage of the Apollo flights. The first
edition of Red Giants and White Dwarfs was a Book-of-the-Month Club alternate
and sold 400,000 copies in several editions and languages. Dr. Jastrow's Until
the Sun Dies and God and the Astronomers were also Book-of-the-Month
Club alternates. |
