CHAPTER ONE. The Beginning

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface xiii
5. PART I. THE EARLY DEVELOPMENTS I N ASTRONOMY 1
6. CHAPTER ONE. The Beginning 1
7. CHAPTER TWO. Ancient Astronomy 7
8. CHAPTER THREE. The Greeks 23
9. CHAPTER FOUR. The Interlude 41
10. CHAPTER FIVE. The Renaissance 51
11. PART II. THE ERA OF THE TELESCOPE
12. CHAPTER SIX. The Classical Post-Newtonian Period 91
13. CHAPTER SEVEN. The New Natural Philosophy 121
14. CHAPTER EIGHT. Astronomy in the Early Twentieth Century 157
15. PART III. MODERN ASTRONOMY
16. CHAPTER NINE. The New Astronomies 171
17. CHAPTER TEN. Probing the Solar System 183
18. CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Stars - their Birth, Life and Death 205
19. CHAPTER TWELVE. The Great Post-war Astronomical Discoveries 229
20. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. The Nature, Origin and Evolution of the Universe 257
21. Epilogue 277
22. Glossary 281
23. Bibliography 293
24. Index 295