HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE IN 100 STARS

Some are bright and famous; others are invisible without a huge telescope. Some died long ago; others don’t even yet exist. Certain stars are used by astronomers to search for extra-terrestrial life, to consider interstellar travel, or to explain why the dinosaurs became extinct. From Gamma Draconis, we know the Earth rotates around its own axis, while the star sequence 61 Cygni revealed the size of the cosmos. From the Big Bang to the Gaia Mission, astronomer Florian Freistetter reveals the past and future of the cosmos in 100 short, fascinating and entertaining chapters.