The Sky Atlas

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Edward Brooke-Hitching

Well-illustrated with celestial maps, diagrams, drawings and photographs, this survey traces our growing understanding of the stars and planets. Beginning with the beliefs ancient civilizations held about the heavens, its records the rise of Islamic astronomy; the discoveries of Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo; the theories of Einstein and Lemaitre; and the latest images from terrestrial and orbiting telescopes, building a sense of how differently, but determinedly, humankind has mapped the sky across time and cultures.