Blind Watchers of the Sky
The People and Ideas That Shaped Our View of the Universe
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1999
Oxford Paperbacks (Verlag)
978-0-19-286203-7 (ISBN)
Oxford Paperbacks (Verlag)
978-0-19-286203-7 (ISBN)
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How do we know that the earth travels around the sun, the universe is billions of years old, and stars are trillions of miles away? The author tells the story of the people and ideas that have brought us such knowledge of our planet and the universe.
How do we know that the earth travels around the sun, the universe is billions of years old, and stars are trillions of miles away? Rocky Kolb tells the fascinating story of the people and ideas that have brought us such knowledge of our planet and the universe, giving realistic portraits of astronomers like Tycho, Kepler, Galileo, Herschel and Hubble. Beginning in 1572 with Tycho's discovery that the heavens can change and ending with the Big Bang of the 20th Century, this is a hugely entertaining and witty account of the quest to discover the universe.
How do we know that the earth travels around the sun, the universe is billions of years old, and stars are trillions of miles away? Rocky Kolb tells the fascinating story of the people and ideas that have brought us such knowledge of our planet and the universe, giving realistic portraits of astronomers like Tycho, Kepler, Galileo, Herschel and Hubble. Beginning in 1572 with Tycho's discovery that the heavens can change and ending with the Big Bang of the 20th Century, this is a hugely entertaining and witty account of the quest to discover the universe.
FOREWORD; PREFACE; CH.1 - EYES ON THE SKIES; PART ONE: THE SOLAR SYSTEM: CH.2 - SMASHING THE CELESTIAL HEMISPHERES, CH.3 - WARS OF THE WORLDS; CH.4 - THE GALILEO EQUATION; CH.5 - NEWTON AT A DISTANCE; PART TWO: THE GALAXY: CH.6 - THE THIRD DIMENSION; CH.7: ISLANDS IN THE SKY; PART THREE: THE UNIVERSE: CH.8: THE EXPANDING FROG; CH.9: A MATTER OF DEGREES; CH.10: PRIMORDIAL SOUP; CH.11: THE RAW EDGE; THE DEVIL IN THE DETAILS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; PERMISSIONS, SOURCES, AND CREDITS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.10.1999 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | halftones and line drawings |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 196 mm |
| Gewicht | 371 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-286203-0 / 0192862030 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-286203-7 / 9780192862037 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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