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A History of Astronomy
Walter W. Bryant
In this book, Walter W. Bryant traces the history of astronomy through the ages.
We start at the very beginning, where astronomy was an occupation of priests,
move with the help of the Arabs through the middle ages to the (re-) discovery of
the heliocentric system by Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo. A discussion
of Newton and his laws follows as well as a description of the biographies and
works of successors like Halley, Herschel, and Bessel. The second half of the
book deals with (at the time) recent discoveries with respect to our solar system
and the comets, meteors, and stars beyond.
Walter W. Bryant
Awouo}sy 40 ÁJ0}SIH Y
Total running time 10:00:44
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