Revolutionaries of the cosmos : the astro-physicists

Revolutionaries of the cosmos : the astro-physicists / I.S. Glass.

Author/creator	Glass, I. S. (Ian S.)
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2006.
Description	xiii, 317 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Astrophysicists--Biography.

Contents	Introduction: talent and opportunity -- Galileo: seeing and believing -- Isaac Newton: rationalising the universe -- William Herschel: surveying the heavens -- William Huggins: celestial chemical analysis -- George Ellery Hale: providing the tools -- Arthur Eddington: inside the stars -- Harlow Shapley: defining our galaxy -- Edwin Hubble: journeying to the edge.
Local note	Little-348745--3051310559964
Local note	Little-348745--3051310559964
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2006295615
ISBN	9780198570998
ISBN	0198570996

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	QB460.7 .G43 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold