"What Is Our Place in the Universe?" by David Sobral – First Edition 2022

"What Is Our Place in the Universe?" y David Sobral First Edition, 2022 Planeta 246 Pages Illustrated Are we alone in the universe? What lies beyond Earth? Is the universe infinite? How many galaxies exist? Do stars live forever? Where, ultimately, do we come from? What is our place in the universe? These are just a few of the many questions that David Sobral attempts to answer in this fascinating book, which takes us on a true cosmic journey through the world of astronomy in search of our origins. An astrophysicist and astronomer from Portugal specializing in extragalactic astrophysics and observational cosmology, and Associate Professor (Reader) of Astrophysics at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom, David Sobral discovered galaxy CR7 in 2015—the brightest galaxy in the primordial universe. Around 110 years ago, we believed there was only one galaxy in the universe: our own. Today we know there are over two trillion galaxies. In 1995, not a single planet outside our solar system orbiting another star had been identified. Since then, more than four thousand exoplanets have been discovered, and even candidates for Earth-like planets—located at distances from their host stars that could make them potentially habitable—have been identified. Today we know more, yet so much remains to be discovered. Embark on this extraordinary journey toward the sky—and beyond—in search of our place in the universe. --- David Sobral is a Portuguese astronomer and astrophysicist specializing in extragalactic astrophysics and observational cosmology, and Associate Professor (Reader) of Astrophysics at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. He earned his degree in Physics from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon in 2007. From 2007 to 2011, he completed his Ph.D. in Astrophysics at the University of Edinburgh under an international doctoral scholarship from the Foundation for Science and Technology; his thesis was awarded second place nationwide in Astronomy/Astrophysics by the Royal Astronomical Society in 2011. In 2011, he was awarded a prestigious NOVA fellowship at Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands, followed by a “Veni” grant for top junior scientists working in the Netherlands. From 2014 to 2016, he served as Assistant Researcher and Lecturer at the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon/FCUL, and in 2016 moved to Lancaster, United Kingdom, as Lecturer. From 2014 to 2017, he represented Portugal on the Users’ Committee of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and has served on the board of the Portuguese Astronomical Society since 2015. In 2015, he led the discovery of the brightest galaxy in the primordial universe, COSMOS Redshift 7 (CR7), and since then has discovered hundreds to thousands of similar new galaxies using the world’s largest telescopes as veritable time machines. He has received numerous national and international awards, including a €250,000 “VENI” grant in the Netherlands, an FCT Researcher Contract in its inaugural 2012/2013 edition, the 2016 “Novos” Prize in Science, and the 2015 “Face of the Year” Award. EXCELLENT CONDITION – FREE SHIPPING