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The Mysterious Universe is a popular science book by the British astrophysicist Sir James Jeans, first published in 1930 by the Cambridge University Press. In the United States, it was published by Macmillan. The book is an expanded version of the Rede Lecture delivered at the University of Cambridge in 1930. [1]
It featured an introduction written by Clarke as well as his remarks at the end of each chapter or topic. In 1985, a paperback of this book was released by HarperCollins Publishers. The series was followed by Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe, broadcast in 1994.
Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe was released on DVD on 11 March 2003. [4]A collection DVD Box Set of all three Arthur C. Clarke documentary series, Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World, Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers and Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe was released in July 2013 by Visual Entertainment, which also re-released them separately in September 2013.
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Mysterious universe may refer to: Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe, a television series by science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke; The Mysterious Universe, a 1930 book about science by astrophysicist James Hopwood Jeans; Mysterious Universe: A Handbook of Astronomical Anomalies, a 1979 book about anomalous phenomena by William R. Corliss
Wrote Introduction and one story, collected the other ten stories. The Coming of the Space Age; Famous Accounts of Man's Probing of the Universe; 1967. Selected and edited by Arthur C. Clarke. The Beginnings of Satellite Communication; J.R. Pierce, 1968. Wrote Preface. Three for Tomorrow; Robert Silverberg, Roger Zelazny and James Blish, 1969 ...
“This book will fit easily into the hands of most children, yet it holds a universe of beauty, poetry and wisdom in its tiny pages,” says Pilkey, whose latest book is Dog Man: Big Jim Begins ...
In his introduction to the penultimate episode of Mysterious World, entitled "Strange Skies", Clarke said, "I sometimes think that the universe is a machine designed for the perpetual astonishment of astronomers", reflecting the dialogue of the episode, in which he stated this concept more broadly, referring to "mankind".