Alan Hirshfeld: 3 books
Starlight Detectives
How Astronomers, Inventors, and Eccentrics Discovered the Modern Universe
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
Julia Ward Howe Award Finalist
NBC News Top Science and Tech Books of the Year” selection
Scientific American/FSG Favorite Science Books of the Year” selection
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Parallax
The Race to Measure the Cosmos
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2002
In the dramatic tradition of the best-selling Longitude, Parallax charts the historical path of observational astronomy's most daunting challenge: measuring the distance to a star.
The greatest scientific minds applied themselves in vain to the problem across the millennia, beginning with the...
Parallax
The Race to Measure the Cosmos
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
This lively and entertaining history of the long struggle to measure the distance to the stars will appeal to general readers as well as amateur and professional astronomers. Readers will encounter fascinating historical characters, from ancient Greeks to19th-century scientists. Well illustrated, with contemporary pictures plus extensive notes on further reading.