From prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid nineteenth century, this title offers an introduction to the history of Western astronomy. It focuses on ... (More)
Conveys the romance of astronomy at a time when the vistas of outer space were a new frontier and astronomers, guided only by imagination and analogy, set forth on unchar... (More)
Part history, part memoir, and part science, this is the tale of x-ray astronomy from its infancy through what can only be called its early adulthood. It also offers the ... (More)
