Conceptions of cosmos from myths to the accelerating universe : a history of cosmology
Presenting a history of how the universe at large became the object of scientific understanding, this title offers an integrated and comprehensive account of cosmology that covers all major events from Aristotle's Earth-centred cosmos to the discovery of the accelerating universe
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2007, 2007
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Presenting a history of how the universe at large became the object of scientific understanding, this title offers an integrated and comprehensive account of cosmology that covers all major events from Aristotle's Earth-centred cosmos to the discovery of the accelerating universe |
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Physical Description: | 276 p. ill |
ISBN: | 9780191706219 0191706213 |