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The story of astronomy : from Babylonian stargazers to the search for the Big Bang

text The story of astronomy : from Babylonian stargazers to the search for the Big Bang

Summary

Provides the history of astronomy.

Contents
Origins of astronomy -- From Babylon to Ancient Greece -- Almagest -- Astronomy in the dark ages -- Copernican revolution -- Chasing the paths of the planets -- Galileo-the great telescope maker -- Jeremiah Horrocks-father of English astronomy -- ... Read more
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Description
222 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map, portraits (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Publisher
Quercus 2008

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 520.9 AUG in Adult Non-fiction Available

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