History of Astronomy

作者:Lankford, John 编

页数:650

出版时间:1996-10

价格:$ 376.29

isbn号码:9780815303220

Tracing the history of the oldest science from the ancient world to the space age, this encyclopedia begins with a synopsis of the development of astronomy from preliterate cultures to the present and ends with the biography of the pioneer astrophysicist Fritz Zwicky. Requiring no advance knowledge of mathematics or physics it brings together current scholarly thinking and the state of the art astronomy in over 300 carefully researched essays each written by an expert.