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Astronomy through the Ages: The Story of the Human Attempt to Understand the Universe
	by Henry Louis Princeton Publishing Company; ISBN: 0000000011 Hardcover (April 1998); 302 pp Ships in: 2-3 days.

Synopsis
Ancient astronomers wondered at the points of light tracing calm movements across the heavens--a far cry from the pulsars, quasars, and black holes pictured today. Sir Robert Wilson tells the story of how our understanding of the universe has evolved through history--of how the sedate and stable star field of ancient times has been replaced by the vast and explosive universe we know today. 16 color plates.

Experts Commentary
From The Reader's Catalog: Wilson, Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy at University College, London, begins by tracing the astronomical studies of the ancient Babylonians, Egyptians, and Greeks and reviews important early contributions from India, China, and the Islamic world. He then tells how the development of the telescope, photography, and spectroscopy eventually brought astronomy into the 20th century

From The Publisher: In an historical perspective, warmly enriched by the special attention paid to the lives of the individuals involved, Professor Sir Robert Wilson presents an entirely non-mathematical introduction to Astronomy from the first endeavours of the ancients to the latest exciting developments in research enabled by cutting-edge technological advances. Free of mathematics and complex graphs, the book nevertheless explains with great care and clarity deep concepts of space and time, of relativity and quantum mechanics, and of the origin and nature of the Universe.

Table of Contents

	List of Illustrations
	Preface
Pt. I	The Early Developments in Astronomy
1	The Beginning	3
2	Ancient Astronomy	7
3	The Greeks	23
4	The Interlude	41
5	The Renaissance	51
Pt. II	The Era of the Telescope
6	The Classical Post-Newtonian Period	93
7	The New Natural Philosophy	121
8	Astronomy in the Early Twentieth Century	157
Pt. III	Modern Astronomy
9	The New Astronomies	173
10	Probing the Solar System	183
11	The Stars - their Birth, Life and Death	205
12	The Great Post-war Astronomical Discoveries	229
13	The Nature, Origin and Evolution of the Universe	257
14	Epilogue	277
	Glossary	281
	Bibliography	293
	Index	295

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