The Book Prize Index

The Alchemy of the Heavens: Searching for Meaning in the Milky Way

Ken Croswell

Croswell details the last forty years of discoveries concerning the Milky Way and shows how knowledge about the galaxy in particular gives insight into the origins of the universe as a whole.

ScienceScience · medium confidenceScience81 signalsLlm Classifier: Science -> ScienceAward Category: Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology -> ScienceAward Category: Science -> ScienceScience & DiscoveryMedicine, Health & the BodyTechnology, Computing & AI

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and TechnologyMajor1995FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    Knowledge about the Milky Way gained through the last forty years of discoveries provides insight into the origins of the universe as a whole.

    Model confidence 76%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    45 / 100 academic

    Trade / academic crossover

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 55%.