Packed with color photographs, this comprehensive reference chronicles the history of astronomy. This extraordinary book traces humans' interaction with the endless wonders of the night sky. The authors, both expert astronomers, researched 29 locations worldwide, from Beijing's ancient observatory to the observatory in Puerto Rico that searches for alien radio signals. They als...(展开全部)

Following the steps of human reasoning and technology from prehistoric stone observatories to modern astrophysics, the reader of this inviting volume receives an excellent overview of the development of astronomy as science. Edited by Hoskin, the editor of Journal for the History of Astronomy, the book is a concise yet compelling record of human intellectual progress embracing ...(展开全部)

Astronomy, perhaps the first of the sciences, was already well developed by the time of Christ. Seventeen centuries later, after Newton showed that the movements of the planets could be explained in terms of gravitation, it became the paradigm for the mathematical sciences. In the nineteenth century the analysis of star-light allowed astrophysicists to determine both the chemic...(展开全部)

Being an amateur astronomer is great fun, with many different and interesting areas to get involved in. This complete reference provides a wealth of practical information covering all aspects of amateur astronomy. Organised thematically for ease of use, it covers observing techniques, telescopes and observatories, Internet resources, and the objects that can be studied. Those n...(展开全部)

《天文学简史》由剑桥大学科学史和科学哲学系主任迈克尔•霍斯金撰写，霍斯金所编的《剑桥插图天文学史》被西方学者誉为“天文学史唯一权威的插图指南”。上海交通大学科学史系主任、中国第一位天文学史专业博士江晓原作序推荐。 史前的农夫利用天上的星辰判断季节的更替；古希腊天文学与古巴比伦天文学合流；17世纪，牛顿提出万有引力定律；19世纪中期，天体物理学迅猛发展；二战后，天文学家展开对星际空间的探索；托勒密、哥白尼、伽利略、开普勒、哈雷和牛顿在这段历史长河里熠熠生辉。由于天文学的特点，天文学史比其他学科史具有更多的趣味性和津乐道的故事。

The recent years have seen breathtaking progress in technology, especially in the receiver and digital technologies relevant for radio astronomy, which has at the same time advanced to shorter wavelengths. This is the updated and completely revised 5th edition of the most used introductory text in radio astronomy. It presents a unified treatment of the entire field from centim...(展开全部)

This substantially rewritten and expanded fourth edition outlines the most up-to-date methods and tools of radio astronomy. Tools of Radio Astronomy gives a unified treatment of the entire field of radio astronomy, from centimeter to sub-millimeter wavelengths and using single telescopes as well as interferometers. The basic physical principles are described and a complete outl...(展开全部)

This 6th edition of “Tools of Radio Astronomy”, the most used introductory text in radio astronomy, has been revised to reflect the current state of this important branch of astronomy. This includes the use of satellites, low radio frequencies, the millimeter/sub-mm universe, the Cosmic Microwave Background and the increased importance of mm/sub-mm dust emission. Several deriva...(展开全部)