Popular astronomy
Auteur :
Newcomb, Simon
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108037730
Date de publication :
24 oct. 2011
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 x 3,4 cm
Poids :
750 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Originally published in 1878, this book was intended as a guide for the non-specialist to the history of astronomy and its latest advances. Simon Newcomb (1835–1909) offers the most recent theories and speculations from one of the fastest-moving periods of discovery in pre-Einsteinian astronomy.