Great Astronomers
Author: first_name: Robert Stawell
last_name: Ball
Language: English
Year: 1895

Of all the natural sciences there is not one which offers such sublime objects to the attention of the inquirer as does the science of astronomy. From the earliest ages the study of the stars has exercised the same fascination as it possesses at the present day. Among the most primitive peoples, the movements of the sun, the moon, and the stars commanded attention from their supposed influence on human affairs. <br><br>From the days of Hipparchus down to the present hour the science of astronomy