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| 文件类型： | 书 |
|---|---|
| 所有的著者/提供者： |
Heather Couper; Nigel Henbest; Arthur C Clarke |
| ISBN: | 9781554073252 1554073251 |
| OCLC号码： | 141842712 |
| 注意： | Includes index. |
| 描述： | 288 p. : col. ill., photos ; 30 cm. |
| 内容： | Living with the sky -- Reading the heavens -- Wheels within wheels -- The earth moves -- The new solar system -- Beyond the human eye -- Matters of some gravity -- Planet hunters -- Powerhouse of the stars -- The universe beckons -- Violent universe -- Are we alone? |
| 责任： | Heather Couper & Nigel Henbest ; foreword by Arthur C. Clarke. |
摘要：
Traces the stories of humans interacting with the endless wonders of the night sky, beginning with the earliest superstitions and continuing through to the birth and development of the science of astronomy. The authors, both expert astronomers, researched 29 locations worldwide, from Beijing's ancient observatory to the observatory in Puerto Rico that searches for alien radio signals. They also interviewed 26 of the world's most esteemed astronomers, including Stephen Hawking. Covers such areas as: Australian Aborigines, Stonehenge, Polynesian navigators; Egyptian, Chinese and Babylonian astronomers, the Star of Bethlehem; Greek astronomers, early concepts of the Earth's shape and orbit; Galileo, Copernicus, the far universe; the Solar System and the movements of the planets; Newton, gravity, Halley; discovery of Uranus and Neptune, discovery and demotion of Pluto; what stars are made of and why they shine; Hubble, the cosmos, new galaxies, the Big Bang; pulsars, quasars and black holes; are we alone?--From publisher description.
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