Galileo and 400 Years of Telescopic Astronomy

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Grego, Peter (Συγγραφέας), Mannion, David (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Σειρά: Astronomers' Universe,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.

Imagine yourself living 400 years ago, right before the telescope was first used by Galileo to look up into the skies and find unforeseen wonders. You probably believed, with most of the known world, that Earth was at the center of the magnificent parade of planets and stars above you, and the Sun’s...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Eyes on the Skies
• Galileo Magnifico
• Newton’s Universe
• Surveying the Solar System
• A Bigger Picture Unfolds
• Beyond Vision.