title: Archives of the Universe: 100 Discoveries That Transformed Our Understanding of the Cosmos
author:  Marcia Bartusiak 
description: "Extraordinary. . . . A rich archaeological dig. . . . Bartusiak . . .introduces these astronomers with deftly written, insightful commentary. . . . [A] wonderful book." <br /><i>Sky &amp; Telescope</i><br /><br />"[Bartusiak] provides a helpful road map with her lucid explanatory essays and annotation." <br /><i>The New York Times</i><br /><br />"Bartusiak has done astronomy a great favor." <br /><i>New Scientist</i><br /><br />"The reader gets not only a clear and concise history of astronomy . . . in Bartusiak's fine introductions . . . but also excerpts from many of the memorable papers written by the scientists who made the pivotal astronomical discoveries." <i>Scientific American</i>
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  "The fabric of the world has its center everywhere and its circumference
  nowhere."
  
  —Cardinal Nicolas of Cusa, fifteenth century The attempt to understand the
  origin of the universe is the greatest challenge confronting the physical
  sciences. Armed with new concepts, scientists are rising to meet that
  challenge, although they know that success may be far away.
  
  Yet when the origin of the universe is understood, it will open a new vision
  of reality at the threshold of our imagination, a comprehensive vision that is
  beautiful, wonderful, and filled with the mystery of existence. It will be our
  intellectual gift to our progeny and our tribute to the scientific heroes who
  began this great adventure of the human mind, never to see it completed.
  
  —From _Perfect Symmetry_
  
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