Comets, Cosmology and the Big Bang: A History of Astronomy from Edmond Halley to Edwin Hubble Toys and a rubber band–powered car

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Comets, Cosmology and the Big Bang: A History of Astronomy from Edmond Halley to Edwin Hubble Toys and a rubber band–powered carThis 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