Minding the Heavens: The Story of our Discovery of the Milky Way

ISBN-13: 9780367417222 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 274 str.

Leila Belkora

Opis

This fully updated second edition of Minding the Heavens: The Story of Our Discovery of the Milky Way explores how we learned that we live in a galaxy, in a universe of composed of galaxies and unseen, mysterious dark matter.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. Thomas Wright: Visionary of Stellar System. Chapter 3. William Herschel: Natural Historian of the Universe. Chapter 4.Wilhelm Struve: Seeker of Parallax. Chapter 5. William Huggins: Pioneer of the New Astronomy. Chapter 6. Jacobus Kapteyn: Matermind Without a Telescope. Chapter 7 Harlow Shapley: Champion of the Big Galaxy. Chapter 8. Edwin Hubble: Redeemer of the Island Universes. Chapter 9. The Milky Way Revealed.

O autorze

Leila Belkora (Ph.D., Astrophysics) is a science writer. She earned her doctorate from the University of Colorado-Boulder, specializing in solar radio astronomy. She has previously taught university physics, astronomy, and communication for engineers. She lives in Southern California and enjoys local astronomy outreach activities.