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Surveying the Skies: How Astronomers Map the Universe - Astronomers' Universe Gareth Wynn-Williams 1st ed. 2016 edition
Surveying the Skies: How Astronomers Map the Universe - Astronomers' Universe
Gareth Wynn-Williams
It is these surveys of discovery that are the subject of this book. In the first few chapters the author discusses what astronomers learned from visible-light surveys, first with the naked eye, then using telescopes in the seventeenth century, and photography in the nineteenth century.
206 pages, 89 black & white illustrations, 40 colour illustrations, 100 colour tables, biography
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 27, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9783319285085 |
| Publishers | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Pages | 187 |
| Dimensions | 272 × 159 × 11 mm · 346 g |
| Language | German |