The Universe for Beginners
{{short description|Graphic study guide to cosmology by Felix Pirani}}
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| illustrator = Christine Roche
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| series = Introducing...
| subject = Cosmology
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| publisher = Icon Books
| release_date = 1993
| media_type = Print
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| isbn = 1874166064
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The Universe for Beginners, republished as Introducing the Universe, is a 1993 graphic study guide to cosmology written by Felix Pirani and illustrated by Christine Roche. The volume, according to the publisher's website, "recounts the revolutions in physics and astronomy," from "Aristotle to Newton," and, "Einstein to Quantum Mechanics," "that underlie the present-day picture of the universe."{{cite web |title=Introducing the Universe: A Graphic Guide |url=http://www.iconbooks.com/blog/title/introducing-the-universe/ |work=Icon Books |access-date=2017-01-22 }}
Publication history
This volume was originally published in the UK by Icon Books in 1993 as The Universe for Beginners, and subsequently republished with different covers as Introducing the Universe and Introducing the Universe: A Graphic Guide.
Editions:
- {{cite book|year=1993|title=The Universe for Beginners|publisher=Icon Books|isbn=1874166064}}
- {{cite book|year=1999|title=Introducing the Universe|publisher=Icon Books|isbn=1840460687}}
- {{cite book|year=2012|title=Introducing the Universe: A Graphic Guide|publisher=Icon Books|isbn=978-1848314184}}
Related volumes in the series:
- {{cite book|first1=Joseph|last1=Schwartz|first2=Michael|last2=McGuinness|year=1992|title=Einstein for Beginners|publisher=Icon Books|isbn=1874166021}}
- {{cite book|first1=William|last1=Rankin|year=1993|title=Newton for Beginners|publisher=Icon Books|isbn=1863734953}}
- {{cite book|first1=J.P.|last1=McEvoy|first2=Oscar|last2=Zárate|year=1995|title=Stephen Hawking for Beginners|publisher=Icon Books}}
- {{cite book|first1=J.P.|last1=McEvoy|first2=Oscar|last2=Zárate|year=1996|title=Quantum Theory for Beginners|publisher=Icon Books}}
- {{cite book|first1=Craig|last1=Callender|first2=Ralph|last2=Edney|year=2001|title=Introducing Time|publisher=Icon Books}}
- {{cite book|first1=Bruce|last1=Bassett|first2=Ralph|last2=Edney|year=2002|title=Introducing Relativity|publisher=Icon Books|isbn=1840463724}}
- {{cite book|first1=Brian|last1=Clegg|first2=Oliver|last2=Pugh|year=2012|title=Introducing Infinity|publisher=Icon Books}}
- {{cite book|first1=Tom|last1=Whyntie|first2=Oliver|last2=Pugh|year=2013|title=Introducing Particle Physics|publisher=Icon Books}}
Reception
Norwegian philosopher Finngeir Hiorth states that the book, like its companion volume, Stephen Hawking for Beginners, starts with, "historical passages dealing with earlier ideas about the Universe," before, "bringing the story up-to-date." Pirani's text is, according to Hiorth, "written in a simple and easily understandable language with a minimum of formulas," with terminology, "always explained." "[P]rofusely illustrated." by Roche, the volume is, Hiorth concludes, "like comics or funnies," where, "quite a lot of the information is formulated in an entertaining way."{{cite web |title=Cosmology for Beginners|first=Finngeir|last=Hiorth|url=https://infidels.org/library/modern/finngeir_hiorth/cosmology.html|work=The Secular Web|date=1997|access-date=2017-01-22}}
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