The day we found the universe / Marcia Bartusiak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartusiak, Marcia, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astronomy--History.

Astronomy.

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Pantheon Books, [2009]

Contents:

January 1, 1925

Setting out. The little republic of science ; A rather remarkable number of nebulae ; Grander than the truth ; Such is the progress of astronomy in the wild and wooly West ; My regards to the squashes ; It is worthy of notice

Exploration. Empire building ; The solar system is off center and consequently man is too ; Her surely looks like the fourth dimension! ; Go at each other "hammer and tongs" ; Adonis ; On the brink of a big discovery

or many a big paradox

Discovery. Countless whole worlds

strewn all over the sky ; Using the 100-inch telescope the way it should be used ; Your calculations are correct, but your physical insight is abominable ; Started off with a bang

Whatever happened to

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-326) and index.

ISBN:

9780375424298 :

0375424296

OCLC:

232129580