Fraser, Craig G.
The cosmos [electronic resource] : a historical perspective / - Westport, Connecticut : Greenwood Press, c2006. - 1 online resource (xii, 179 pages) : illustrations. - Greenwood guides to great ideas in science .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Babylonian and Chinese astronomy and cosmology -- Greek astronomy and cosmology -- Cosmology from Islam to Copernicus -- Cosmology from Brahe to Newton -- Stellar astronomy : the universe beyond the solar system -- A universe of galaxies : the triumph of the island-universe theory -- The expansion of the universe -- From universal expansion to the big bang -- The big bang universe : from 1965 to the twenty-first century.
0313332185 (alk. paper) 9780313332180 (alk. paper)
1559-5374
Cosmology—History.
Astronomy, Ancient.
523.109
The cosmos [electronic resource] : a historical perspective / - Westport, Connecticut : Greenwood Press, c2006. - 1 online resource (xii, 179 pages) : illustrations. - Greenwood guides to great ideas in science .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Babylonian and Chinese astronomy and cosmology -- Greek astronomy and cosmology -- Cosmology from Islam to Copernicus -- Cosmology from Brahe to Newton -- Stellar astronomy : the universe beyond the solar system -- A universe of galaxies : the triumph of the island-universe theory -- The expansion of the universe -- From universal expansion to the big bang -- The big bang universe : from 1965 to the twenty-first century.
0313332185 (alk. paper) 9780313332180 (alk. paper)
1559-5374
Cosmology—History.
Astronomy, Ancient.
523.109