Astronomy through the ages : the story of the human attempt to understand the universe /
In "Astronomy through the Ages," Sir Robert Wilson tells the story of how our understanding of the universe has evolved through history--how the sedate, stable star field of ancient times has been replaced by the vast, explosive universe of today. Wilson begins by tracing the astronomical...
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[1997]
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. The early developments in astronomy ; The beginning
- Ancient astronomy
- The Greeks
- The interlude
- The Renaissance
- Part II. The era of the telescope ; The classical post-Newtonian period
- The new natural philosophy
- Astronomy in the early twentieth century
- Part III. Modern astronomy ; The new astronomies
- Probing the solar system
- The stars : their birth, life and death
- The great post-war astronomical discoveries
- The nature, origin and evolution of the universe
- Epilogue.
