The Pocket Universe
Galaxies, Stars, Planets and Moons
Published on 15. September 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-1-907155-72-7 (ISBN)
Description
Lost in space? Muddling your quasars and your clusters? Wondering how everything got to be what it is today? Pondering the mystery of a universe which seems to have been born optimised for life? Fasten your seat belts! You are holding this planet's best pocket guide to the universe, packed with fascinating facts and diagrams. Sit back and let Matt Tweed take you on a trip through time and space. You'll never look at the night sky in quite the same way again.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Powys
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 162 mm
Width: 124 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
88 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-907155-72-7 (9781907155727)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Matt Tweed
The Compact Cosmos
Book
02/2006
2nd Edition
Wooden Books
€28.61
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Person
Matt Tweed is a science author, illustrator and games designer, with a deep interest in the mechanics of reality. In his spare time he is also a music producer and sitar / bass player for a number of well-known bands. He studied electronics at Kings College, London and sound art in Hull before running away with the eco-protests, and now lives on a boat in Cornwall with a semi-sentient labradoodle called Bob.