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050 00 $aQB35$b.L48 2001
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100 1 $aLevy, David H.,$d1948-
245 10 $aCosmic discoveries :$bthe wonders of astronomy /$cDavid H. Levy with Wendee Wallach-Levy.
246 3 $aWonders of astronomy cosmic discoveries
260 $aAmherst, N.Y. :$bPrometheus Books,$c2001.
300 $a232 p. :$bill. (some col.) ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 211-223) and index.
505 0 $aYear 2000: an ancient comet returns -- 1842: to sail beyond the sunset, portraits of discovery -- 1965: passport for discovery -- 1572: Tycho Brahe, a swashbuckling astronomer -- 1610: Galileo and the interpretation of discovery -- 1632: Galileo and the consequence of discovery -- 1656: Christiaan Huygens, it is surrounded by a ring -- 1682: Edmond Halley, discovery by calculation -- 1760: Charles Messier, the comet hunter of Cluny -- 1781: Caroline and William Herschel -- 1846: Adams, Leverrier, and the scandal over Neptune -- 1912: Henrietta Leavitt, Harlow Shapley, and our place in the Milky Way galaxy -- 1919: Eddington, Einstein, Mercury, and an eclipse -- 1924: Edwin Hubble : the man who defined the universe -- 1930: Clyde Tombaugh and Pluto -- 1948: Bart Bok and his globules -- 1951: the Milky Way is a spiral galaxy -- 1963 : Seyfert galaxies and quasars -- 1979: using a galaxy as a telescope : gravitational lenses and Einstein rings -- 1993: Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 : do not go gentle into that good night -- 1999: finding planets around other stars -- 1971: acquainted with the night : O'Meara and Summerfield -- 1988: Jean Mueller : of supernovae and songs -- 2001: to discover an idea : the cosmic vision of Arthur C. Clarke.
650 0 $aAstronomers$vBiography.
650 0 $aAstronomy$xHistory.
700 1 $aWallach-Levy, Wendee.
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