Revolutionaries of the Cosmos - The Astro-physicists

Zusatztext This book is a fascinating blend of technical astronomy! biography! and history. It is a difficult combination to pull off! and I take my hat off to Dr Glass ... This is a well-written! informative! and thoroughly enjoyable book. Informationen zum Autor Dr Ian Glass, South African Astronomical ObservatoryB.A. Trinity College Dublin 1961PhD MIT 1968 Klappentext Galileo! Newton! Herschel! Huggins! Hale! Eddington! Shapley and Hubble: these astronomers applied ideas drawn from physics to astronomy and made dramatic changes to the world-pictures that they inherited. They showed that celestial objects are composed of the same materials as the earth and that they behave in the same way. They displaced successively the earth! the sun and finally the milky way galaxy from being the centre of the universe. This book contains their biographies and outlines their greatest discoveries. Hard work! physical insight! desire for fame and a strong belief in the rightness of their own ideas were characteristics of all eight. Their often quirky personalities led them into bitter controversies with their contemporaries. But their successes arose from the outstanding clarity of their thoughts! their practical ability and their strong sense of direction in science. Zusammenfassung This book contains short biographies of Galileo, Newton, Herschel, Huggins, Hale, Eddington, Shapley and Hubble - eight astronomers who broke with traditions and defined the cosmos as we know it now.

Summary

This book contains short biographies of Galileo, Newton, Herschel, Huggins, Hale, Eddington, Shapley and Hubble - eight astronomers who broke with traditions and defined the cosmos as we know it now.

Product details

• Authors: I. S. Glass, Ian Glass, Ian (South African Astronomical Observatory) Glass, Glass Ian
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.12.2008
• EAN: 9780199550258
• ISBN: 978-0-19-955025-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Physics / General, NATURE / Sky Observation, History of Science, Physics, Cosmology & the universe, Popular astronomy & space, Cosmology and the universe, Popular astronomy and space, Biography: science, technology and medicine, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology