Minding the heavens the story of our discovery of the Milky Way
by
 
Belkora, Leila.

Title
: 
Minding the heavens the story of our discovery of the Milky Way

Author
: 
Belkora, Leila.

ISBN
: 
9781420033922

Publication Information
: 
Bristol ; Philadelphia : Institute of Physics, 2003.

Physical Description
: 
x, 406 p. : ill.

Contents
: 
The naked-eye view of the sky -- Thomas Wright: visionary of stellar systems -- William Herschel: natural historian of the universe -- Wilhelm Struve: seeker of parallax -- William Huggins: pioneer of the new astronomy -- Jacobus Kapteyn: mastermind without a telescope -- Harlow Shapley: champion of the big galaxy -- Edwin Hubble: redeemer of island universes -- The Milky Way revealed.

Subject Term
: 
Astronomy -- History.
 
Astronomers.
 
Galaxies.
 
Milky Way.

Electronic Access
: 
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