Twenty-Five Astronomical Observations That Changed the World And How To Make Them Yourself /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Marett-Crosby, Michael (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

Human history is also the record of our fascination with the sky, and to look upwards is to follow in the steps of such greats as Galileo and Newton. What they and others once saw in the heavens for the first time, amateur astronomers can discover anew using this guide to twenty-five of the greatest...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• From the Contents: The Eye of the Moon
• Don't Look! - The Sun
• The Ways Stars Work - Ursa Major
• What Galileo Saw - The Moons of Jupiter
• Orion's Five - The Types of Stars
• The Little Cloud - Andromeda
• The Joy of Red - Getting to Know Mars
• Orion and its Nebula - Suns Present and Suns Future
• Bright Dog of the Night - Sirius
• Looking for Footsteps
• The River in the Sky - Eriidanus
• Saturn - Falling in Love
• Algol - Splitting the Demon Star
• Comets, Asteroids, and Meteorites - Where everything comes from
• Uranus - Strange, or what?
• Hubble V1 - How it destroyed a Universe.