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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ian Glass (South African Astronomical Observatory)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.738kg ISBN: 9780198570998ISBN 10: 0198570996 Pages: 332 Publication Date: 01 December 2005 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Introduction: Talent and Opportunity 2: Galileo: Seeing and Believing 3: Isaac Newton: Rationalising the Universe 4: William Herschel: Surveying the Heavens 5: William Huggins: Celestial Chemical Analysis 6: George Ellery Hale: Providing the Tools 7: Arthur Eddington: Inside the Stars 8: Harlow Shapley: Defining Our Galaxy 9: Edwin Hubble: Journeying to the EdgeReviewsGlass has written an absorbing book, which I strongly recommend. Nature An excellent read. This book contains eight short biographies of astro-physicists from Galileo to Hubble, not only telling of their academic achievements but bring them to life with their personal stories. The extraordinary ability and drive of the eight astronomers comes over in this book as does their hard work and dedication. Recommended for anyone with an interest in the history of science this book manages to be both informative and entertaining. A. Brown, Brighton, UK, 2006 I am convinced that this book has the potential of popular appeal, not only to the professional and amateur astronomical community and to historians of science, but to the general reader. mnassa Vol 65 `...an excellent and very welcome work providing an interesting and innovative perspective on the history of astronomy. ' Peter Harman, Professor of the History of Science, Lancaster University Author InformationIan Glass SAAO PO Box 9 Observatory 7935 South Africa Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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