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Minding the Heavens - The Story of Our Discovery of the Milky Way

English · Hardback

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This fully updated second edition of Minding the Heavens: The Story of Our Discovery of the Milky Way explores how we learned that we live in a galaxy, in a universe of composed of galaxies and unseen, mysterious dark matter.

List of contents

1. Introduction. 2. Thomas Wright: Visionary of Stellar System. 3. William Herschel: Natural Historian of the Universe. 4.Wilhelm Struve: Seeker of Parallax. 5. William Huggins: Pioneer of the New Astronomy. 6. Jacobus Kapteyn: Matermind Without a Telescope. 7 Harlow Shapley: Champion of the Big Galaxy. 8. Edwin Hubble: Redeemer of the Island Universes.9. The Milky Way Revealed.

About the author

Leila Belkora (Ph.D., Astrophysics) is a science writer. She earned her doctorate from the University of Colorado-Boulder, specializing in solar radio astronomy. She has previously taught university physics, astronomy, and communication for engineers. She lives in Southern California and enjoys local astronomy outreach activities.

Summary

This fully updated second edition of Minding the Heavens: The Story of Our Discovery of the Milky Way explores how we learned that we live in a galaxy, in a universe of composed of galaxies and unseen, mysterious dark matter.

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