Babylon to Voyager and beyond: A history of planetary astronomy
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mainland Spain
Babylon to Voyager and Beyond covers planetary research from the time of the Babylonians and Ancient Greeks through to those of Kepler, Galileo, Cassini, Newton and Herschel to the modern era of space exploration. It outlines the key observational di...
Read more- Publisher CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780521808408
- ISBN10 0521808405
- Type BOOK
- Published 2003
- Bookbinding Cloth
Babylon to Voyager and beyond: A history of planetary astronomy
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Babylon to Voyager and Beyond covers planetary research from the time of the Babylonians and Ancient Greeks through to those of Kepler, Galileo, Cassini, Newton and Herschel to the modern era of space exploration. It outlines the key observational di...
Mainland Spain
Book details
Babylon to Voyager and Beyond covers planetary research from the time of the Babylonians and Ancient Greeks through to those of Kepler, Galileo, Cassini, Newton and Herschel to the modern era of space exploration. It outlines the key observational discoveries and theoretical developments in their historical context, covering not only the numerous successes but also the main failures.