Comets, Cosmology and the Big Bang

This book will take the story of astronomy on from where Allan Chapman left it in Stargazers, and bring it almost up to date, with the developments and discoveries of the last three centuries. He covers the big names - Halley, Hooke, Herschel, Hubble and Hoyle; and includes the women who pushed astronomy forward, from Caroline Herschel to the Victorian women astronomers. He includes the big discoveries and the huge ideas, from the Milky War, to the Big Bang, the mighty atom, and the question of life on other planets. And he brings in the contributions made in the US, culminating in their race with the USSR to get a man on the moon, before turning to the explosion of interest in astronomy that was pioneered by Sir Patrick Moore and The Sky at Night.

Aceasta carte va prelua povestea astronomiei de unde Allan Chapman a lasat-o in Stargazers si o va aduce aproape la zi, cu evolutiile si descoperirile din ultimele trei secole. El acopera marile nume - Halley, Hooke, Herschel, Hubble si Hoyle; si include femeile care au impins astronomia inainte, de la Caroline Herschel la femeile astronome victoriene.