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KEPLER, searching the solar system for visible evidence of the transcendent order he believed in
GALILEO, constructing the first telescope and proposing the concept of universal gravitation
NEWTON, paragon of logic, paradoxically driven by an unshakable belief in himself as God’s appointed prophet to create a world of mathematical certainty and thus expose the wonder of his Father in Heaven
WILLIAM HERSCHEL, the nineteenth-century German who may well be considered the father of modern astronomy, first man to chart the nebulae
EDWIN HUBBLE, in the present century, discovering and exploring galaxies beyond our own
Finally, Professor Whitney makes clear for the layman the fascinating problems astronomers wrestle with today: the mysterious nature of quasars, strange cosmic bodies discovered in 1963; the unknown forces behind cataclysmic explosions recently glimpsed in other galaxies; the elusive nature of “interstellar dust”; the eternal question of how it all began.
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- Release date: June 6, 2012
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- ISBN: 9780307817099
- Release date: June 6, 2012
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- Release date: June 6, 2012
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