The Story of Astronomy
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: August 7, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780738205861
Subjects: Science: General Issues; Science/Mathematics; Science; Astronomy - General; History; Astronomy; Science / Astronomy; Science-History
First sentence: Astronomy, as an orderly pursuit of knowledge about the heavenly bodies and the universe, did not begin in one moment at some particular epoch in a single society.