Minding the Heavens by Leila Belkora - 9780367417222

CRC Press

Minding the HeavensThe Story of our Discovery of the Milky Way\nAuthor(s): Leila Belkora\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9780367417222, 978-0367417222\nSynopsis\nPraise for the first edition:\n\n\""A terrific blend of the science and the history.\""\n\nMartha Haynes, Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy, Cornell University, New York, USA\n\n\""The book is a treat Highly recommended for public and academic libraries.\""\n\nPeter Hepburn, now Head Librarian, College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, California, USA\n\nToday, we recognize that we live on a planet circling the sun, that our sun is just one of billions of stars in the galaxy we call the Milky Way, and that our galaxy is but one of billions born out of the Big Bang. Yet, as recently as the early twentieth century, the general public and even astronomers had vague and confused notions about what lay beyond the visible stars. Can we see to the edge of the universe.