Archives of the Universe: 100 Discoveries That Transformed Our Understanding of the CosmosMarcia Bartusiak Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 19. maí 2010 - 720 síður An unparalleled history of astronomy presented in the words of the scientists who made the discoveries. Here are the writings of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Halley, Hubble, and Einstein, as well as that of dozens of others who have significantly contributed to our picture of the universe. From Aristotle's proof that the Earth is round to the 1998 paper that posited an accelerating universe, this book contains 100 entries spanning the history of astronomy. Award-winning science writer Marcia Bartusiak provides enormously entertaining introductions, putting the material in context and explaining its place in the literature. Archives of the Universe is essential reading for professional astronomers, science history buffs, and backyard stargazers alike. |
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REVOLUTIONS | 45 |
Copernicus and the SunCentered Universe | 51 |
Beyond the White Dwarf | 334 |
Supernovae and Neutron Stars | 339 |
Black Holes | 344 |
Source of Stellar Power | 349 |
Creating Elements in the Big Bang | 358 |
Cosmic Microwave Background Predicted | 363 |
Creating Elements in the Stars | 366 |
A Stars Life Cycle | 377 |
Tycho Brahe and the Changing Heavens | 61 |
Johannes Kepler and Planetary Motion | 67 |
Galileo Initiates the Telescopic Era | 76 |
Newtons Universal Law of Gravity | 90 |
Halleys Comet | 99 |
Binary Stars | 106 |
TAKING MEASURE | 111 |
The Speed of Light | 117 |
The Solar Systems Origin | 121 |
Discovery of Uranus | 128 |
Stars Moving and Changing | 134 |
The First Asteroid | 147 |
Distance to a Star | 153 |
Discovery of Neptune | 160 |
The Shape of the Milky Way | 168 |
Spiraling Nebulae | 189 |
TOUCHING THE HEAVENS | 197 |
Spectral Lines | 203 |
Deciphering the Solar Spectrum | 211 |
Gaseous Nebulae | 218 |
Doppler Shifts and Spectroscopic Binaries | 226 |
Classification of the Stars | 233 |
Giant Stars and Dwarf Stars | 241 |
The Prime Element | 250 |
Stellar Mass Luminosity and Stability | 257 |
Sunspot Cycle SunEarth Connection and Helium | 263 |
Origin of Meteors and Shooting Stars | 272 |
Cosmic Rays | 279 |
Discovery of Pluto | 285 |
EINSTEINIAN COSMOS | 291 |
Special Relativity and E mc2 | 295 |
General Relativity and the Solar Eclipse Test | 302 |
Relativistic Models of the Universe | 313 |
Big Bang Versus Steady State | 320 |
White Dwarf Stars | 327 |
THE MILKY WAY AND BEYOND | 381 |
The Cosmic Standard Candles | 385 |
Suns Place in the Milky Way | 390 |
Dark Nebulae and Interstellar Matter | 398 |
Discovery of Other Galaxies | 407 |
Expansion of the Universe | 415 |
Stellar Populations and Resizing the Universe | 425 |
Mapping the Milky Ways Spiral Arms | 433 |
Source and Composition of Comets | 440 |
NEW EYES NEW UNIVERSE | 449 |
Radio Astronomy | 455 |
Interstellar Hydrogen | 465 |
Molecules in Space | 471 |
Van Allen Radiation Belts | 476 |
Geology of Mars | 484 |
Extrasolar XRay Sources | 495 |
Quasars | 503 |
Evidence for the Big Bang | 508 |
Pulsars | 513 |
The Infrared Sky and the Galactic Center | 522 |
Neutrino Astronomy | 529 |
GammaRay Bursts | 540 |
Binary Pulsar and Gravity Waves | 546 |
ACCELERATING OUTWARD | 555 |
Dark Matter | 559 |
Gravitational Lensing | 568 |
Inflation | 576 |
The Bubbly Universe | 583 |
Galaxy Evolution and the Hubble Deep Field | 591 |
Extrasolar Planets | 598 |
Notes | 625 |
Bibliography | 643 |
Acknowledgments | 657 |
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