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Timothy Ferris's works include Seeing in the Dark, The Mind's Sky (both New York Times best books of the year), and The Whole Shebang (listed by American Scientist as one of the one hundred most influential books of the twentieth century). A fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ferris has taught in five disciplines at four universities. He is an emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley and a former editor of Rolling Stone. His articles and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Time, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, National Geographic, Scientific American, The Nation, The New Republic, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Book Review, and many other publications. A contributor to CNN and National Public Radio, Ferris has made three prime-time PBS television specials: The Creation of the Universe, Life Beyond Earth, and Seeing in the Dark. He lives in San Francisco.
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition Thus. Corgi 1979 paperback first thus edition; Very Good, age-tanned but clean copy, light crease to front cover, appears unread; UK dealer, immediate dispatch. Seller Inventory # 3201z
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 208 pages. Cover wornFor centuries, it was assumed that our u niverse was static. In the late 1920s, astronomers defeated this assumption with a startling new discovery. From Earth, the light of distant galaxies appeared to be red, meaning that those galaxi es were receding from us. This led to the revolutionary realizati on that the universe is expanding. The Red Limit is the tale of t his discovery, its ramifications, and the passionately competitiv e astronomers who charted the past, present, and future of the co smos. Seller Inventory # 2428g
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Corgi edition paperback, 1979, in overall very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - light shelfwear. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions - owner's name to reverse of front cover; toning to page-ends but text and plates bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available. Seller Inventory # 150550