Larousse encyclopedia of astronomy
By: by Lucien Rudaux and G. de Vaucouleurs. With an introd. by F. L. Whipple. [Translated by Michael Guest and John B. Sidgwick and rev. by Z. Kopal]
Contributors: Vaucouleurs, Gérard Henri de, 1918- joint author.
Publisher: Prometheus Press
Published: 1959
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 506
Subjects: Astronomy
Description: A profusely illustrated treatise dealing with the background, methodology, and concept of astronomy. Includes 19 chapters in four parts; (1) The splendour of the heavens, (2) The empire of the sun, (3) The realm of the stars, and (4) Astronomical instruments and techniques. Indexed.
Notes: Translation of Astronomie; les astres, l'univers.