天空地圖:瑰麗星空、奇幻神話,與驚人的天文發現

天空地圖:瑰麗星空、奇幻神話,與驚人的天文發現
ISBN-10
9570856815
ISBN-13
9789570856811
Category
History (General)
Pages
256
Language
Chinese
Published
2021-01-14
Publisher
聯經出版事業公司
Author
愛德華.布魯克希欽(Edward Brooke-Hitching)

Description

「只要我注視著滿天星空的運行軌跡,我的雙足便能離開地面。」

──托勒密(Ptolemy)


第一次有人如此描繪天空:

不只是恆星與行星的領域,更有諸多橫衝直撞的神鬼魍魎、天象魔法師、

飛翔的水手、中世紀外星人、神話生物與妖怪。


多國暢銷書《詭圖》(Phantom Atlas)、《寶圖》(Golden Atlas)的作者布魯克希欽,帶來一部遨遊諸天的視覺歷史。《天空地圖》收羅了各種宇宙圖、故事、繪畫與器物,勾勒出人類對於頂上天空與天空之外的想像與發現。


這本圖文並茂的天體圖寶藏,滿滿交織著歷史上最偉大的天文學發現,最奇特的傳說,以及為人所遺忘的篇章,化為一部美麗別緻、豐富趣味的星空大全。


書中從亞里斯多德開始,經過愛因斯坦的時代,直至最新的星際探索,此外更有古代的不明飛行物目擊紀錄、長著翅膀的月球生物「人蝠」、天空之外的廣闊大海,以及二十世紀初關於火星地圖的奇妙故事。讀者將踏上一段包羅萬象的旅程,行遍世界各地迷戀星辰的文化,遭遇古中國甲骨文、西藏天葬、西伯利亞舞衣與蒙古薩滿,一直到近代對於哈雷慧星的觀測、日食的攝影、冥王星的發現,以及近年來最振奮人心的影像——黑洞。


今日,隨著世人大膽探索宇宙的中心,眼下正是時候讓一本如夜空般瑰美的書,來擘劃這些探索成就的規模,襯托出即將到來的發現。



推薦人

邱建一(藝術史學者)

黃威融(跨界編輯人)

蕭宇辰(台灣吧創辦人)


各界評論

這書美翻了,用星圖道出我們一度相信的各種宇宙神話。

─柔伊.波爾(Zoe Ball), BBC Radio 2主持人


狂!

──Space.com


這本書害人大氣不敢喘一口,結合神話與科學,深入探索你我對天空的痴狂。上至古早的洞穴壁畫星圖,下至超高解析度攝影,書裡滿是震懾人心的畫面。

─《每日郵報》(Daily Mail)


迷人的封面,滿滿的知識、地圖、藝術品和器物的照片,涵蓋無數個世紀以來,為了一窺我們宇宙誕生而從事的追尋。

─《丹頓紀事報》(Denton Record-Chronicle)


《星圖》從人類最美麗的若干星圖故事中精挑細選。不過,這本書可不只是精選輯,更是一系列與天空有關的閃耀成就。仰望蒼穹,滿心讚嘆是什麼感覺?《星圖》就是一部這樣的視覺歷史。

─《內容狂嗑貓薄荷》(Content Catnip)


這卷圖文並茂的煌煌之冊,橫跨了整部天文學與天體製圖學的歷史……。布魯克─希欽精彩完成了任務,讓讀者得以親近複雜的科學主題為,引人入勝。藝術品、星圖與相片──許多都有華美繽紛的色彩──讓本書閃耀動人。讀者肯定要痛飲每一條精纖的細節。

─ 《書單雜誌》(Booklist)


美不勝收。這就是你我如何看待其他行星、外星人與神話的方式……。超推薦。

─ 珍.坎貝爾(Jen Campbell),《書店裡的才叫書》(The Bookshop Book)作者


這本書超適合獵奇之人。一部圖文並茂的天圖寶藏,由最偉大的天文發現、古代不明飛行物目擊紀錄、背生雙翼的月球生物、天空之外別有大海的亙古信念,以及20世紀初為火星文明製作地圖的奇妙故事領銜主演。

─《先驅報》(The Herald)


接續著《詭圖》與《寶圖》,布魯克─希欽先生推出他的最新力作,無論在圖像上或是研究的深度,都是不亞於前著的盛宴。

─《外交官雜誌》(Diplomat)


收羅了各種宇宙圖、繪畫與器物,抽絲剝繭,理出過往人們如何想像蒼穹,難以置信的蒐藏。

─《大誌》(Big Issue)

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