Understanding the Heavens : Thirty Centuries of Astronomical Ideas from Ancient Thinking to Modern Cosmology / by Jean-Claude Pecker ; edited by Susan Kaufman.

Astronomy is the oldest and most fundamental of the natural sciences. From the early beginnings of civilization astronomers have attempted to explain not only what the Universe is and how it works, but also how it started, how it evolved to the present day, and how it will develop in the future. The...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Pecker, Jean-Claude
Other Authors:	Kaufman, Susan
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint : Springer, 2001.
Subjects:	Physics. Astronomy.