Book ID: CBB000301934

Minding the Heavens: The Story of Our Discovery of the Milky Way (2003)

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Belkora, Leila (Author)


Institute of Physics Publishing


Publication Date: 2003
Physical Details: x + 406 pp., illus, bib., index
Language: English

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Authors & Contributors
Hoskin, Michael A.
Smith, Robert W.
Wolfschmidt, Gudrun
Van Den Bergh, Sidney
Steinicke, Wolfgang
Smith, Robert William
Concepts
Galaxies; nebulae
Astronomy
Telescopes
Nebular hypothesis
Cosmology
Biographies
Time Periods
18th century
20th century
19th century
17th century
Places
England
Great Britain
Hanover (Germany)
British Isles
Institutions
Mount Wilson Observatory
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