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The Story of Astronomy (Paperback)
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The Story of Astronomy (Paperback)
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List price R372
Loot Price R338
Discovery Miles 3 380
You Save R34 (9%)
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From the ancient origins of astronomy to the Copernican revolution,
and from Galileo to Hawking's research into black holes, The Story
of Astronomy charts the discoveries of some of the greatest minds
in human history, and their attempts to unveil the secrets of the
stars. Peter Aughton's trademark narrative style is to the fore,
demystifying some of the biggest breakthroughs in the history of
science, and packed full of fascinating nuggets such as why we have
60 minutes in an hour, how the Romans bodged the invention of the
leap year and when people really discovered the Earth wasn't flat
(a thousand years before Columbus). And explaining in the most
straightforward and compelling of ways what Newton, Einstein,
Hubble and Hawking really achieved. Richly informative and
readable, The Story of Astronomy is a fascinating journey through
3000 years of stargazing. Included are chapters on: The Origins of
Astronomy; From Babylon to Ancient Greece; The Almagest; Persian
Stargazing; Nicholas Copernicus; Tycho and Kepler; Galileo; Newton
and The Clockwork Universe; William Herschel; Finding Longitude;
Einstein; Hubble's Universe; The Microcosm and the Macrocosm;
Beyond the Visible Spectrum; Black Holes and Quasars; Stephen
Hawking; The Moment of Creation; The Future.
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