TY - BOOK AU - Brandt, John C. AU - Maran, Stephen P. TI - New horizons in astronomy SN - 716703386 AV - QB 432 .B73 1972 PY - 1972/// CY - San Francisco, California PB - Freeman and Company KW - ASTRONOMY N1 - 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 N2 - The aim here is not to emphasize novelty for its own sake, but to portray astronomy as the living subject that it really is ER -