In 1923 Edwin Hubble confirmed the existence of other galaxies. By the end of the decade, he proved that the universe is expanding, thus laying the very cornerstone of the big bang theory. A revealing portrait of a scientific genius at work, this book also offers an incisive narrative of the history of astronomy, and an evocation of what we see when gazing at the stars. "Highly...(展开全部)

In 1923 Edwin Hubble confirmed the existence of other galaxies. By the end of the decade, he proved that the universe is expanding, thus laying the very cornerstone of the big bang theory. A revealing portrait of a scientific genius at work, this book also offers an incisive narrative of the history of astronomy, and an evocation of what we see when gazing at the stars. "Highly...(展开全部)

No modern astronomer made a more profound contribution to our understanding of the cosmos than did Edwin Hubble, who first conclusively demonstrated that the universe is expanding. Basing his theory on the observation of the change in distanct galaxies, called red shift, Hubble showed that this is a Doppler effect, or alteration in the wavelength of light, resulting from the r...(展开全部)

In less than a century, the accepted picture of the universe transformed from a stagnant place, comprised entirely of our own Milky Way galaxy, to a realm inhabited by billions of individual galaxies, hurtling away from one another. We must thank, in part, Edwin P. Hubble - one of the greatest observational astronomers of the 20th century. In 1936, Hubble described his principa...(展开全部)

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◎著者：塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治（Samuel Taylor Coleridge，1772—1834） 英国诗人、文评家，英国浪漫主义文学巨匠和奠基人之一，“湖畔派”诗人代表。柯勒律治在诗歌和文评方面都占有重要地位，骚塞、华兹华斯、拜伦、雪莱、济慈等诗人均深受他的影响。他与华兹华斯合著的《抒情歌谣集》出版于1798年，标志着英国文学史上浪漫主义时代的开端。 ◎绘者：爱德华·A·威尔逊（Edward A Wilson，1886—1970） 美国插画艺术家。1920年代，他从芝加哥艺术学院毕业之后，便迅速在纽约的插画艺术行业打出了自己的名声。充满个人风格的画风让他在当时备受杂志、图书出版商的青睐。 ◎译者：叶紫 翻译家、资深独立教师，1989年生，浙江杭州人，毕业于外交学院、鲁迅文学院，后浪插图珍藏版《牧歌》译者、插图珍藏版《莎士比亚悲剧集》校者，另译有...(展开全部)

◎著者：塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治（Samuel Taylor Coleridge，1772—1834） 英国诗人、文评家，英国浪漫主义文学巨匠和奠基人之一，“湖畔派”诗人代表。柯勒律治在诗歌和文评方面都占有重要地位，骚塞、华兹华斯、拜伦、雪莱、济慈等诗人均深受他的影响。他与华兹华斯合著的《抒情歌谣集》出版于1798年，标志着英国文学史上浪漫主义时代的开端。 ◎绘者：爱德华·A·威尔逊（Edward A Wilson，1886—1970） 美国插画艺术家。1920年代，他从芝加哥艺术学院毕业之后，便迅速在纽约的插画艺术行业打出了自己的名声。充满个人风格的画风让他在当时备受杂志、图书出版商的青睐。 ◎译者：叶紫 翻译家、资深独立教师，1989年生，浙江杭州人，毕业于外交学院、鲁迅文学院，后浪插图珍藏版《牧歌》译者、插图珍藏版《莎士比亚悲剧集》校者，另译有...(展开全部)

Today we are all familiar with the iconic pictures of the nebulae produced by the Hubble Space Telescope’s digital cameras. But there was a time, before the successful application of photography to the heavens, in which scientists had to rely on handmade drawings of these mysterious phenomena. Observing by Hand sheds entirely new light on the ways in which the production and r...(展开全部)

Today we are all familiar with the iconic pictures of the nebulae produced by the Hubble Space Telescope’s digital cameras. But there was a time, before the successful application of photography to the heavens, in which scientists had to rely on handmade drawings of these mysterious phenomena. Observing by Hand sheds entirely new light on the ways in which the production and r...(展开全部)

<i>Scurvy</i> took a terrible toll in the Age of Sail, killing more sailors than were lost in all sea battles combined. Finding the cure for the dreaded disease ranks among the greatest of human accomplishments, yet its impact on history has been largely ignored.<br /><br />Now, in this best-selling book, Stephen R. Bown shines a light on how the mystery was solved in a spellbi...(展开全部)