Watchers of the Stars

The Story of a Revolution
3rd Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-904275-36-7
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

This is the third edition by Sir Patrick Moore, one of the great presenters of astronomy in our time. It tells the epic story of the historical development of astronomy which caused a revolutionary change in human outlook, in its impact upon both scientific thinking and religious belief.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moore Cbe Dsc Fras, Patrick

Moore CBE DSc FRAS, Sir Patrick

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Sachbuch
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Geschichte der Astronomie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The earth in space; The questioners; Copernicus - the doubter; The wandering scholar; De revolutionibus.; The master of heaven; Circles or ellipses? Galileo - the experimenter; Telescopes and the sky; The storm gathers; The Dialogue; Confrontation!; Truth will out; Index.