Fraser, Craig G.
Cosmos : a historical perspective / Craig G. Fraser. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006. - xii, 179 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. - Greenwood guides to great ideas in science .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-171) and index.
Babylonian and Chinese astronomy and cosmology -- Greek astronomy and cosmology -- Cosmology from Islam to Copernicus -- Cosmology from Brahe to Newton -- Stellar astronomy : the universe beyond the solar system -- A universe of galaxies : the triumph of the island-universe theory -- The expansion of the universe -- From universal expansion to the big bang -- The big bang universe : from 1965 to the twenty-first century.
0313332185 (alk. paper) 9780313332180 (alk. paper)
1559-5374
2006006367
GBA638573 bnb
013442517 Uk
Physics
Cosmology--History.
Astronomy, Ancient.
QB981 / .F68 2006
523.109 / FRC
Cosmos : a historical perspective / Craig G. Fraser. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006. - xii, 179 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. - Greenwood guides to great ideas in science .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-171) and index.
Babylonian and Chinese astronomy and cosmology -- Greek astronomy and cosmology -- Cosmology from Islam to Copernicus -- Cosmology from Brahe to Newton -- Stellar astronomy : the universe beyond the solar system -- A universe of galaxies : the triumph of the island-universe theory -- The expansion of the universe -- From universal expansion to the big bang -- The big bang universe : from 1965 to the twenty-first century.
0313332185 (alk. paper) 9780313332180 (alk. paper)
1559-5374
2006006367
GBA638573 bnb
013442517 Uk
Physics
Cosmology--History.
Astronomy, Ancient.
QB981 / .F68 2006
523.109 / FRC