The Story of Astronomy

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
The Origins of Astronomy....Pages 1-12
The Ancient Cosmologies....Pages 13-19
The Greek Philosophers and the Early Greek Astronomers....Pages 21-37
From Aristarchus to Ptolemy: The Birth of Accurate Observational Astronomy....Pages 39-56
The Revival of European Astronomy....Pages 57-67
Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler....Pages 69-87
Galileo, the Astronomical Telescope, and the Beginning of Modern Astronomy....Pages 89-106
The Newtonian Era....Pages 107-128
The Rise of Modern Astronomy....Pages 129-142
Post-Newtonian Astronomy....Pages 143-157
The Beginning of the New Age of Astronomy: Beyond the Solar System....Pages 159-184
Astronomy as a Branch of Physics....Pages 185-204
The New Physics and Its Impact on Astronomy....Pages 205-232
Relativity and Astronomy....Pages 233-256
The Origin and Development of Astrophysics....Pages 257-278
Stellar Evolution and the Beginning of Galactic Astronomy....Pages 279-308
Beyond the Stars: The Galaxies....Pages 309-329
Cosmology....Pages 331-352
Epilogue....Pages 353-360
Back Matter....Pages 361-387