Measuring the Universe
Subtitle: Cosmic Dimensions from Aristarchus to Halley
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: September 15, 1986
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780226848822
Subjects: Astronomy, Space & Time; Astronomy - Universe; Science / History; Science; Astronomy; Cosmological distances; History; Science/Mathematics
First sentence: The recent Pioneer and Voyager missions to Jupiter and Saturn have once again demonstrated in spectacular fashion what impact a new technology can have on the body of scientific knowledge.