The Red Limit, Timothy Ferris
The Red Limit, Timothy Ferris
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The Red Limit
The Search for the Edge of the Universe

Author: Timothy Ferris

Narrator: Timothy Ferris

Unabridged: 5 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/1997

Synopsis

For centuries, it was assumed that our universe was static. Then, in the late 1920s, astronomers made a startling new discovery—from Earth, the light of distant galaxies appeared to be red. This meant those galaxies were receding from us, and a revolutionary realization was born: the universe is expanding. In The Red Limit, Timothy Ferris recounts the fascinating tale of this discovery, its far-reaching ramifications, and the passionately competitive astronomers who charted the past, present, and future of the cosmos.

About Timothy Ferris

Timothy Ferris's works include Seeing in the Dark, The Mind's Sky (both New York Times best books of the year), and The Whole Shebang (listed by American Scientist as one of the one hundred most influential books of the twentieth century). A fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ferris has taught in five disciplines at four universities. He is an emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley and a former editor of Rolling Stone. His articles and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Time, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, National Geographic, Scientific American, The Nation, The New Republic, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Book Review, and many other publications. A contributor to CNN and National Public Radio, Ferris has made three prime-time PBS television specials: The Creation of the Universe, Life Beyond Earth, and Seeing in the Dark. He lives in San Francisco.

Reviews

Goodreads review by William on December 30, 2012

I read this chiefly as a result of a misunderstanding. The date given on the BN website gives one the impression that the book was revised in 2009, but it was actually revised in 1983, and thus even as a layman's introduction to cosmology and the "red limit" it is unsuitable. Had I known that the ac......more

Goodreads review by Robert Stout on May 03, 2025

The Red Limit by Timothy Ferris is a book about astronomy and cosmology. The book is outdated, and it covers astronomy to about the 1970s. There is no new information within its pages and its more of a history book examining the scientist and discoveries they made. What follows are some of the gener......more

Goodreads review by John on April 25, 2018

I am such a fan of Timothy Ferris! I once met the man, although I didn't recognize the name at the time, but he came into my office and having noticed he was a science writer, I commented that one of my favorite science books was a compendium of different essays by various scientists, "The World Tre......more

Goodreads review by Jack on April 27, 2025

a fun history of physics This was a really fun journey through some of the most important theories of physics. The author does a great job explaining the theories and the disagreements among the great physicists. There’s still much to be discovered.......more

Goodreads review by Jewell on July 02, 2021

Great non-fiction if you're interested in Cosmology or Astronomy. I also found it quite easy to read which isn't always the case with scientific non-fiction books. Very insightful and interesting look at the beginnings of cosmological theories.......more

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