Astronomy through the Ages:
The Story of the Human Attempt to Understand the Universe
Sir Robert Wilson

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

	List of Illustrations
	Preface
Pt. I	The Early Developments in Astronomy
1	The Beginning	3
2	Ancient Astronomy	7
3	The Greeks	23
4	The Interlude	41
5	The Renaissance	51
Pt. II	The Era of the Telescope
6	The Classical Post-Newtonian Period	93
7	The New Natural Philosophy	121
8	Astronomy in the Early Twentieth Century	157
Pt. III	Modern Astronomy
9	The New Astronomies	173
10	Probing the Solar System	183
11	The Stars - their Birth, Life and Death	205
12	The Great Post-war Astronomical Discoveries	229
13	The Nature, Origin and Evolution of the Universe	257
14	Epilogue	277
	Glossary	281
	Bibliography	293
	Index	295

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