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Worlds in the Sky: Planetary Discovery from Earliest Times Through Voyager and Magellan [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 243 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 226x149x15 mm, weight: 375 g
  • Serija: Century Collection
  • Išleidimo metai: 28-May-2019
  • Leidėjas: University of Arizona Press
  • ISBN-10: 0816538980
  • ISBN-13: 9780816538980
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 243 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 226x149x15 mm, weight: 375 g
  • Serija: Century Collection
  • Išleidimo metai: 28-May-2019
  • Leidėjas: University of Arizona Press
  • ISBN-10: 0816538980
  • ISBN-13: 9780816538980
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Ever since early stargazers discovered that some heavenly bodies wandered among the others, people have been fascinated by the planets. Kepler calculated their orbits from naked-eye observations; Galileo’s telescope made it possible to discern their markings; now observations from spacecraft provide electronically enhanced images that bring these distant worlds even closer.
 
In Worlds in the Sky, William Sheehan gives us a history of this long fascination, weaving together scientific history, anecdotes surrounding planetary discoveries, and the personal reflections of an incurable amateur astronomer. He describes how we arrived at our current understanding of the Moon and the planets and shows how certain individuals in history shaped the world’s knowledge about the Solar System.


William Sheehan gives us a history our fascination with planets, weaving together scientific history, anecdotes surrounding planetary discoveries, and the personal reflections of an incurable amateur astronomer. He describes how we arrived at our current understanding of the Moon and the planets and shows how certain individuals in history shaped the world’s knowledge about the Solar System.

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A splendid introduction to the descriptive aspects of the Moon, the planets, comets, and meteors of the Solar System. Well written by a knowledgeable amateur who describes them from the first primitive observations to modern fly-bys with earth probes, the text is educational, free-flowing, and entertaining, and contains many anecdotes that will be new even to astronomers. . . . Sheehan includes interesting vignettes that make each chapter stimulating and entertaining. . . . Highly recommended to any reader above age 10 curious about the planets and their satellites and as good recreation for professionals."" - Choice

""The book grabs and holds the reader's attention from cover to cover. . . . A delight to read."" - Sky & Telescope   ""A fresh, different, and thought-provoking [ book] on the growth of man's awareness of the other planets. The combination of many times and people's ideas delivers a cohesive picture of how we've discovered what we have."" - David J. Eicher

List of Figures
ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
1 Wandering Stars
1(9)
2 Through the Telescope
10(9)
3 Rockets into Space
19(13)
4 The Moon
32(19)
5 Mercury
51(15)
6 Venus
66(17)
7 Mars
83(19)
8 Asteroids
102(12)
9 Jupiter
114(18)
10 Saturn
132(20)
11 Uranus
152(15)
12 Neptune
167(19)
13 Pluto
186(13)
14 Comets and Meteors
199(6)
Epilogue 205(3)
Appendix 1 Information Concerning the Major Planets 208(2)
Appendix 2 Satellites of the Solar System 210(5)
Notes 215(8)
Bibliography 223(8)
Index 231
William Sheehan is an amateur astronomer, psychiatrist, and writer. He received a bachelors degree from the University of Minnesota, a masters degree from the University of Chicago, and an MD degree from the University of Minnesota. He also completed residency training in psychiatry at the University of Minnesota. Sheehans first book, Planets and Perception: Telescopic Views and Interpretations, 16091909, was named a 1988 book f the year by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Dr. Sheehan has also published numerous articles in astronomy and psychiatry. His interest in the Moon and planets goes back to the early days of the spacecraft era, and he regularly observes with a six-inch refractor and a twelve-and-a-half-inch reflector from his home in St. Paul, Minnesota.