Man Discovers the Galaxies

Richard Berendzen; Richard Hart; Daniel Seeley

Published by Columbia University Press 1984

Man Discovers the Galaxies

Richard Berendzen , Richard Hart and Daniel Seeley

https://doi.org/10.7312/bere91896

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Deals with the discovery of the arrangement of our home galaxy, the Milky Way system, and with the discovery of the basic properties of the universe of galaxies in which we find ourselves.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Prologue Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Preface to the Morningside Edition Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
I. The Scale of the Universe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. Galactic Astronomy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
III. Extragalactic Nebulae Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
IV. The Birth of Modern Cosmology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Problems Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 228

eBook

Published: May 6, 2019
ISBN: 9780231886017