Astrophysics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Astrophysics is said to have been born when Isaac Newton saw an apple drop in his orchard and had the electrifying insight that the Moon falls just like that apple. James Binney shows how the application of physical laws derived on Earth allows us to understand objects that exist on the far side of the Universe.

• | Author: James Binney
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 01, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 177 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0198752857
• | ISBN-13: 9780198752851