Thomas A Hockey (USA THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWa)

Galileo's Planet

Observing Jupiter Before Photography

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Since the earliest times one of the brightest lights in the heavens has been that of Jupiter, mythical king of the gods and the largest planet in the solar system. This book presents the history of humankind's quest to understand the giant planet in the era before photography.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 155mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780750304481
• ISBN-10: 0750304480
• Artikelnr.: 21756467

Autorenporträt

Thomas A Hockey

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. The planetary observers. Instruments and observatories.
Observing Jupiter before the telescope. The Seventeenth Century. The
Eighteenth Century. The Nineteenth Century: prior to 1850. 1850 - 1878. The
discovery of the Great Red Spot. 1882-1900. Theories of Jupiter. The
satellites of Jupiter. Conclusion. Glossary. Conclusion.