The Story of Astronomy
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2008
Quercus Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-84724-622-6 (ISBN)
Quercus Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-84724-622-6 (ISBN)
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Covers topics from the ancient origins of astronomy to the Copernican revolution, and from Galileo to Hawking's research into black holes. This book charts the discoveries of some of the greatest minds in human history, and their attempts to unveil the secrets of the stars.
From the ancient origins of astronomy to the Copernican revolution, and from Galileo to Hawking's research into black holes, "The Story of Astronomy" charts the discoveries of some of the greatest minds in human history, and their attempts to unveil the secrets of the stars. Peter Aughton's trademark narrative style is to the fore, demystifying some of the biggest breakthroughs in the history of science, and packed full of fascinating nuggets such as why we have 60 minutes in an hour, how the Romans bodged the invention of the leap year and when people really discovered the Earth wasn't flat (a thousand years before Columbus).And explaining in the most straightforward and compelling of ways what Newton, Einstein, Hubble and Hawking really achieved. Richly informative and readable, "Star Sight" is a fascinating journey through 3000 years of stargazing.
Included are chapters on: The Origins of Astronomy, Finding Longitude, From Babylon to Ancient Greece, Einstein, The Almagest, Hubble's Universe, Persian Stargazing, The Microcosm and the Macrocosm, Nicholas Copernicus, Beyond the Visible Spectrum, Tycho and Kepler, Black Holes and Quasars Galileo Stephen, Hawking Newton and The Clockwork, Universe, The Moment of Creation, William Herschel, and The Future.
From the ancient origins of astronomy to the Copernican revolution, and from Galileo to Hawking's research into black holes, "The Story of Astronomy" charts the discoveries of some of the greatest minds in human history, and their attempts to unveil the secrets of the stars. Peter Aughton's trademark narrative style is to the fore, demystifying some of the biggest breakthroughs in the history of science, and packed full of fascinating nuggets such as why we have 60 minutes in an hour, how the Romans bodged the invention of the leap year and when people really discovered the Earth wasn't flat (a thousand years before Columbus).And explaining in the most straightforward and compelling of ways what Newton, Einstein, Hubble and Hawking really achieved. Richly informative and readable, "Star Sight" is a fascinating journey through 3000 years of stargazing.
Included are chapters on: The Origins of Astronomy, Finding Longitude, From Babylon to Ancient Greece, Einstein, The Almagest, Hubble's Universe, Persian Stargazing, The Microcosm and the Macrocosm, Nicholas Copernicus, Beyond the Visible Spectrum, Tycho and Kepler, Black Holes and Quasars Galileo Stephen, Hawking Newton and The Clockwork, Universe, The Moment of Creation, William Herschel, and The Future.
Peter Aughton is the author of the hugely popular history titles Endeavour: The Story of Captain Cook's First Great Epic Voyage, Resolution, Newton's Apple, The Transit of Venus and Voyages that Changed the World (Quercus). Formerly a computer engineer in the aerospace industry, where he worked on the world's first supersonic airliner, he went on to lecture at the University of the West of England for 25 years.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.8.2008 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 150 colour images |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 276 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie |
| Naturwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84724-622-2 / 1847246222 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84724-622-6 / 9781847246226 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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