Watchers of the Stars - The Story of a Revolution

Klappentext To commemorate the 400th anniversary of Galileo's historic first recorded astronomical observations and to coincide with the United Nations International Year of Astronomy 2009! Horwood Publishing is delighted to announce the publication of this third edition by Sir Patrick Moore! one of the great presenters of astronomy in our time. It tells the epic story of the historical development of astronomy which caused a revolutionary change in human outlook! in its impact upon both scientific thinking and religious belief. It is a fascinating story! well researched and told in a scholarly yet exciting narrative that will be read with enjoyment and profit astronomers! historians and the general public. Formerly titled The Great Astronomical Revolution! the book includes a new foreword! new illustrations and colour plates! due Autumn 2009. Zusammenfassung This is the third edition by Sir Patrick Moore! one of the great presenters of astronomy in our time. It tells the epic story of the historical development of astronomy which caused a revolutionary change in human outlook! in its impact upon both scientific thinking and religious belief. Inhaltsverzeichnis The earth in space; The questioners; Copernicus - the doubter; The wandering scholar; De revolutionibus...; The master of heaven; Circles or ellipses? Galileo - the experimenter; Telescopes and the sky; The storm gathers; The Dialogue; Confrontation!; Truth will out; Index.

List of contents

The earth in space; The questioners; Copernicus - the doubter; The wandering scholar; De revolutionibus.; The master of heaven; Circles or ellipses? Galileo - the experimenter; Telescopes and the sky; The storm gathers; The Dialogue; Confrontation!; Truth will out; Index.

Product details

• Authors: CBE Moore, Patrick Moore, Patrick Moore Cbe Dsc Fras, Sir Patrick Moore CBE DSc FRAS, Sir Patrick Moore CBE DSc FRAS
• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2009
• EAN: 9781904275442
• ISBN: 978-1-904275-44-2
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Aviation and space engineering; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Astronomy: general, reference works; NATURE / Sky Observation, Astronomy, space & time, Popular astronomy & space, Popular astronomy and space, Astronomy, space and time, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy