The Story of Astronomy: How the universe revealed its secrets - Heather Couper, Nigel Henbest - Google Books

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Journey through time and space with the greatest astronomers in history. Astronomy is one of the oldest of all the sciences. And yet, its history is also so much more than the history of a science, reflecting our entire culture and providing insight into…