Leila Belkora

Minding the Heavens (eBook, ePUB)

The Story of our Discovery of the Milky Way

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This fully updated second edition of Minding the Heavens: The Story of Our Discovery of the Milky Way explores how we learned that we live in a galaxy, in a universe of composed of galaxies and unseen, mysterious dark matter.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000383942
• Artikelnr.: 61617876

Autorenporträt

Leila Belkora (Ph.D., Astrophysics) is a science writer. She earned her doctorate from the University of Colorado-Boulder, specializing in solar radio astronomy. She has previously taught university physics, astronomy, and communication for engineers. She lives in Southern California and enjoys local astronomy outreach activities.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction. 2. Thomas Wright: Visionary of Stellar System. 3. William
Herschel: Natural Historian of the Universe. 4.Wilhelm Struve: Seeker of
Parallax. 5. William Huggins: Pioneer of the New Astronomy. 6. Jacobus
Kapteyn: Matermind Without a Telescope. 7 Harlow Shapley: Champion of the
Big Galaxy. 8. Edwin Hubble: Redeemer of the Island Universes.9. The Milky
Way Revealed.