Comets, Cosmology and the Big Bang: A history of astronomy from Edmond Halley to Edwin Hubble

Comets, Cosmology and the Big Bang: A history of astronomy from Edmond Halley to Edwin Hubble

by Allan Chapman (Author)

Synopsis

This book will take the story of astronomy on from where Allan Chapman left it in Stargazers, and bring it almost up to date, with the developments and discoveries of the last three centuries. He covers the big names - Halley, Hooke, Herschel, Hubble and Hoyle; and includes the women who pushed astronomy forward, from Caroline Herschel to the Victorian women astronomers. He includes the big discoveries and the huge ideas, from the Milky War, to the Big Bang, the mighty atom, and the question of life on other planets. And he brings in the contributions made in the US, culminating in their race with the USSR to get a man on the moon, before turning to the explosion of interest in astronomy that was pioneered by Sir Patrick Moore and The Sky at Night.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 576
Edition: New
Publisher: Lion Books
Published: 23 Nov 2018

ISBN 10: 0745980317
ISBN 13: 9780745980317

Author Bio
Allan Chapman teaches History of Science at the University of Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and author of ten books, including Gods in the Sky and Robert Hooke and the English Renaissance, Slaying the Dragons and Stargazers. He has appeared in history of science documentaries on BBC2, Channels 4 and 5, and National Geographic, as well as appearing on BBC TV's `Sky at Night' programme.