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.
716703386
ASTRONOMY
QB 432 .B73 1972
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.
716703386
ASTRONOMY
QB 432 .B73 1972