Minding the Heavens: The Story of our Discovery of the Milky WayCRC Press, 1. des. 2002 - 406 síður Today, we accept that we live on a planet circling the sun, that our sun is just one of billions of stars in the galaxy we call the Milky Way, and that our galaxy is but one of billions born out of the big bang. Yet as recently as the early twentieth century, the general public and even astronomers had vague and confused notions about what lay beyo |
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1 INTRODUCTION | 1 |
2 THE NAKED EYE VIEW OF THE SKY | 14 |
VISIONARY OF STELLAR SYSTEMS | 35 |
NATURAL HISTORIAN OF THE UNIVERSE | 74 |
SEEKER OF PARALLAX | 120 |
PIONEER OF THE NEW ASTRONOMY | 165 |
MASTERMIND WITHOUT A TELESCOPE | 206 |
CHAMPION OF THE BIG GALAXY | 245 |
REDEEMER OF ISLAND UNIVERSES | 293 |
10 THE MILKY WAY REVEALED | 347 |
NOTES | 370 |
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Back Cover | 393 |
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