Eyewitness Science: 14 Astronomy

This is one of a series of books that look at the excitement of scientific discovery. Astronomy looks at how scientists from Aristotle to Stephen Hawking have altered our view of the heavens and shows how their discoveries have built up into a guide to the stars and planets.

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This is one of a series of books that look at the excitement of scientific discovery, vividly bringing to life major breakthroughs in all the fields of science through the eyes of the great scientists. Astronomy looks at how scientists from Aristotle to Stephen Hawking have altered our view of the heavens and shows how their discoveries have built up into a comprehensible guide to the stars and planets.