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Title: Minding the Heavens: The Story of Our Discovery of the Milky Way by Leila Belkora ISBN: 0-7503-0730-7 Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing Pub. Date: November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Our place in the galaxy
Comment: This is an account of how astronomers gradually came to realize that we inhabit a galaxy, one of many in the universe. It begins in the mid-eighteenth century and ends in the twentieth, tracing the work of seven selected astronomers. Their task was to puzzle out, from inside the structure, our rather undistinguished position in one of the spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy. Belkora presents not only the science but the scientists - for example, how the loss of a young child inhibited one observer's creativity for a time. Long ago (in a galaxy far, far away) I edited writings by Dr. Belkora. I'm pleased to say that she's just as clear and accessible in this longer form. Her book is about how science works and also contributes to the history of ideas. This is an interesting volume that should appeal to professional and lay astronomers alike.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book for laymen
Comment: Minding the Heavens is written in an easy to understand style, a super book for all stargazers. Wonderful biographies of seven astronomy greats plus surprising final words on the structure of the Milky Way.
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Title: Galaxies in the Universe: An Introduction by Linda S. Sparke, John S. Gallagher ISBN: 0521597404 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Into The Final Frontier by Bernard McNamara ISBN: 003032016X Publisher: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company Pub. Date: 27 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $65.95 |
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Title: An Introduction to Modern Stellar Astrophysics by Dale A. Ostlie, Bardley W. Carroll ISBN: 0201598809 Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $113.00 |
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Title: The Cambridge Illustrated History of Astronomy by Michael A. Hoskin ISBN: 0521411580 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Stars and Their Spectra: An Introduction to the Spectral Sequence by James B. Kaler ISBN: 0521585708 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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