Discovery
HERBERT HALL TURNER, D.Sc., F.R.S.
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Description
Herbert Hall Turner's Astronomical Discovery, published in London in 1904, traces how the planets and stars yielded their secrets to patient observers. Turner, Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford, opens with Uranus and moves through the great finds of modern astronomy, with plates to guide the eye. The book is inscribed to Edward Emerson Barnard.
Turner's gift is to tell discovery as a human story, full of false starts, keen eyes, and sudden insight. His chapters suit general readers who love the night sky, as well as students of science history. For all who wonder how we learned what we know of the heavens, Astronomical Discovery offers a clear, engaging tour of a great age of stargazing.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | HERBERT HALL TURNER, D.Sc., F.R.S. |
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| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 353 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |