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.
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