New horizons in astronomy /

Brandt, John C.

New horizons in astronomy / John C. Brandt and Stephen P Maran. - San Francisco, California : Freeman and Company, c1972 - XII, 496 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Our planet earth -- 3. Evolution and life -- 4. Historical astronomy - sky and no telescope -- 5. Matter, heat and light -- 6. Telescope and observatories -- 7. The solar system - an overview -- 8. The planets and their atmosphere -- 9. Our sun -- 10. The stars - a census.

The aim here is not to emphasize novelty for its own sake, but to portray astronomy as the living subject that it really is.

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ASTRONOMY

QB 432 .B73 1972