Setting Sail for the Universe
Subtitle: Astronomers and their Discoveries
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: May 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780813530888
Subjects: Astronomy, Space & Time; History of science; History Of Astronomy; Science; Science/Mathematics; Astronomy - General; History; Astronomy
Description: "This collection brings together twenty-eight of noted astronomer Donald Fernie's best "Marginalia" columns from American Scientist magazine. Published between 1985 and the present (and updated as necessary), the articles focus on the history of astronomy, bringing to life many of the finest minds who have sought to explain what we observe in the night sky. Written in an engaging style, these tales of discovery will be of interest to the general reader as well as those with a science background."--BOOK JACKET.