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Discovering the Cosmos - Hardcover

Bless, Robert C.

 
9780935702675: Discovering the Cosmos
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0935702679 ISBN 13: 9780935702675
Publisher: University Science Books,U.S., 1995

Synopsis

This text has two objectives: to describe the leading ideas and concepts of modern astronomy; and to indicate how astronomy in particular and physical science in general developed, what its methods are, its goals and its limitations. Though it is not a history of astronomy, the book has a much stronger emphasis on history than is usually the case in order to provide the context in which major discoveries were made and attitudes shaped, as well as to indicate how early astronomy developed. The book is based on Bob Bless's liberal arts course at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. It is suitable for use in a one-semester non-majors introduction to astronomy.

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Synopsis

This text has two objectives: to describe the leading ideas and concepts of modern astronomy; and to indicate how astronomy in particular and physical science in general developed, what its methods are, its goals and its limitations. Though it is not a history of astronomy, the book has a much stronger emphasis on history than is usually the case in order to provide the context in which major discoveries were made and attitudes shaped, as well as to indicate how early astronomy developed. The book is based on Bob Bless's liberal arts course at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. It is suitable for use in a one-semester non-majors introduction to astronomy.

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Publisher
University Science Books,U.S.
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0935702679
ISBN 13 
9780935702675
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
700