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In PrintFaculty authors explore our place in the universe, Gandhiand his mentors, a small city’s civil rights struggle, and more.By Todd Peterson34 / INNOVATION<strong>2014</strong>
BOOKSCosmic Dawn: The Search forthe First Stars and GalaxiesGeorge RheeSpringer, 2013If George Rhee wasn’t already a scientist,he could play one on TV.With a shock of red-brown hair andno-nonsense glasses, Rhee certainly looks thepart. He also speaks in the sort of deliberate,thoughtful tones one would expect fromsomeone who thinks big thoughts about bigsubjects. In his case, it’s the biggest subject ofthem all: the whole of the cosmos.From his office in UNLV’s Bigelow PhysicsBuilding, the astronomy and physics professorrecently sat down to discuss his new book,Cosmic Dawn, a volume that serves as botha brief history of cosmology (the study of theuniverse) and a primer on what he sees ascoming advances in astronomy.Cosmic Dawn, he says, has been a decadelongendeavor. The project, which he joinedat a writing partner’s behest, became a soloendeavor when his colleague abandoned thebook. Rhee worked on the manuscript for atime, but ultimately set it aside. Ten yearslater, a chance meeting with a publishingprofessional convinced him that it wasworth reviving.As one might expect, Rhee foundthat cosmology had changed over theintervening years. Aside from some ofthe basic information he’d written, hefound himself starting from square one. “Iwouldn’t even say it was a revision,” Rheesays. “It was a whole new book.”The difficult job of reworking the manu-George Rhee,astronomyand physicsprofessorGALAXY: NASA/JPL - CALTECH; RHEE: R. MARSH STARKSresearch.unlv.edu INNOVATION / 35
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