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Discoveries In Astronomy Challenge Our Fundamental Ideas About The Universe. Where The Astronomers Of Antiquity Once Spoke Of Fixed Stars, We Now Speak Of Whirling Galaxies And Giant Supernovae. Where We Once Thought Earth Was The Center Of The Universe, We Now See It As A Small Planet Among Millions Of Other Planetary Systems, Any Number Of Which Could Also Hold Life. These Dramatic Shifts In Our Perspective Hinge On Thousands Of Individual Discoveries: Moments When It Became Clear To Someone That Some Part Of The Universe, Whether A Planet Or A Supermassive Black Hole, Was Not As It Once Seemed. This Book Invites Us To Participate In These Moments Of Revelation And Wonder As Scientists First Experienced Them. The Author, An Astronomer, Here Provides An Ambitious And Exciting Overview Of Astronomy, Conveying For Newcomers And Aficionados Alike The Most Important Discoveries Of This Science And Introducing The Many People Who Made Them.^ Illustrated With More Than 400 Color Images, The Book Outlines In Seventy Episodes What Humankind Has Learned About The Cosmos, And What Scientists Around The World Are Poised To Learn In The Coming Decades. Arranged By Types Of Discovery, It Also

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Author

Murdin, Paul

Publisher

The University of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press; University Of Chicago Press

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226551432

Category

history

Subjects

Science, History, Astronomy

Rating

4.5 / 5 (14 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14