{"product_id":"the-universe-unveiled-instruments-and-images-through-history","title":"The Universe Unveiled: Instruments and Images Through History","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe search for understanding creates more than answers; it also produces instruments  books  maps  and other tools made and used by those seeking knowledge. The Universe Unveiled uniquely focuses on these artifacts and devices resulting from the attempts to decipher the Universe from the late fifteenth to the early twentieth century. Beautiful  full-color photographs capture these extremely rare and sometimes unusual curios. Beginning with the discovery of ways to keep time  The Universe Unveiled depicts the shift from an Earth-centered understanding of the Universe to a Sun-centered view  the mapping of the stars  and the ever-expanding knowledge of the heavens using telescopes. It also examines the developing technologies of navigation and of the measuring and mapping of the Earth. In addition to rare European curios  the book is illustrated with non-Western and American works. With more than 250 full-color images  this unique volume will delight the inventive as well as the curious.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986479902773,"sku":"ByrdShop_052179143X","price":21.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780521791434.jpg?v=1770906677","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-universe-unveiled-instruments-and-images-through-history","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}