Cosmic discovery: the search, scope, and heritage of astronomy
Auteur :
Harwit, Martin
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108722049
Date de publication :
21 mars 2019
Dimensions :
24,6 x 17,2 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
740 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Cosmic Discovery is rereleased after more than thirty-five years, with a new preface. Martin Harwit chronicles the astronomical discoveries up to the late twentieth century and draws conclusions about how they are made, with important lessons for today's astronomers developing new observatories for gravitational wave and cosmic ray astronomy.