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Revolutionaries of the Cosmos - The Astro-Physicists (Paperback)
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Revolutionaries of the Cosmos - The Astro-Physicists (Paperback)
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Galileo, Newton, Herschel, Huggins, Hale, Eddington, Shapley and
Hubble: these astronomers applied ideas drawn from physics to
astronomy and made dramatic changes to the world-pictures that they
inherited. They showed that celestial objects are composed of the
same materials as the earth and that they behave in the same way.
They displaced successively the earth, the sun and finally the
milky way galaxy from being the centre of the universe.
This book contains their biographies and outlines their greatest
discoveries. Hard work, physical insight, desire for fame and a
strong belief in the rightness of their own ideas were
characteristics of all eight. Their often quirky personalities led
them into bitter controversies with their contemporaries. But their
successes arose from the outstanding clarity of their thoughts,
their practical ability and their strong sense of direction in
science.
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