Atlas of the skies
Subtitle: journeying between the stars and planets in the discovery of the universe.
Publisher: TAJ Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cobhem, Surrey, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Astronomy.; Stars -- Atlases.; Planets -- Atlases.; Constellations -- Charts, diagrams, etc.; Clouds.
Genres: Atlases.; Charts, diagrams, etc.
Description: 240 p. : 27 cm
Table of contents: title: Hundred thousand years of astronomy: Little history: from the first astronomers to Aristotle; title: First astronomical calculations; title: More Greeks; title: From Ptolemy to Copernicus; title: Rock in the pool: Copernicus; title: Kepler and Brahe: the mathematical proofs; title: Galileo, Paladin of the revolution; title: Newton and gravitation; title: After Newton: Kirchhoff and the chemistry of the stars; title: HR diagram: towards the future; title: From the Earth to the Moon: Blue planet; title: Lithosphere; title: Hydrosphere; title: Biosphere; title: Atmosphere; title: Earth in space; title: Moon and the Earth-Moon system; title: Lunar geology; title: Movements and lunar phenomena; title: Exploration and conquest; title: Apollo expeditions; title: Observing the heavens: Orienting oneself in space; title: Observing celestial objects; title: Observation sites; title: Pattern of stars; title: Observing the heavens; title: More famous constellations; title: Zodiac; title: Observing the moon; title: Observing the eclipses; title: Instruments and space expeditions; title: Exploration of the solar system; title: Sun and its planets: Our star; title: Structure and phenomena; title: Activity of the sun; title: From Mercury to Pluto; title: Mercury; title: Venus; title: Mars; title: Asteroid belt; title: Jupiter; title: Saturn; title: Uranus; title: Neptune; title: Pluto and Charon; title: Comets, meteorites and interstellar masses; title: Hypothesis on the origins of the solar system; title: Stars, galaxies and beyond: Universe of suns; title: Luminosity and distance; title: Stellar spectra; title: Evolution of a star; title: Binary and variable stars; title: Milky way and beyond; title: Structure; title: Close to the galaxy; title: Beyond the Milky Way; title: Suggestions; title: Explanatory bibliography; title: Glossary; title: Analytical index.