Astronomy (Eyewitness Science)
This is one of a series of books that look at the excitement of scientific discovery, vividly bringing to life major breakthroughs in all the fields of science through the eyes of the great scientists. Astronomy looks at how scientists from Aristotle to Stephen Hawking have altered our view of the heavens and shows how their discoveries have built up into a comprehensible guide to the stars and planets.
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Since the dawn of humanity, men have attempted to divine the nature of the heavens. The first astronomers mapped the movement of the seasons and used the positions of the constellations for augurs and astrology. Today, the search goes ever deeper into the nature of reality and life itself. In this accessible overview, astrophysicist J.P. McEvoy tells the story of how our knowledge of the cosmos has developed. He puts in context many of the greatest discoveries of all time and many of the dominant personalities: Aristotle, Copernicus, and Isaac Newton, and as we approach the modern era, Einstein, Eddington, and Hawking.
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