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The Milky Way Galaxy and Statistical Cosmology, 1890-1924 (Hardcover)
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The Milky Way Galaxy and Statistical Cosmology, 1890-1924 (Hardcover)
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Between the years 1890 and 1924, the dominant view of the universe
suggested a cosmology largely foreign to contemporary ideas. First,
astronomers believed they had confirmed that the sun was roughly in
the centre of the Milky Way galaxy. Second, considerable evidence
indicated that the size of the galaxy was only about one-third the
value now accepted by today's astronomers. Third, it was thought
that interstellar space was completely transparent, that there was
no absorbing material between the stars. Fourth, astronomers
believed that the universe was composed of numerous star systems
comparable to the Milky Way galaxy. The method that provided this
picture and came to dominate cosmology was 'statistical' in nature,
because it was based on the counts of stars and their positions,
motions, brightnesses and stellar spectra. Professor Paul describes
the rise of this statistical cosmology in light of developments in
nineteenth-century astronomy and explains how this cosmology set
the stage for many of the most significant developments of
twentieth-century astronomy.
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