The Astronomy Revolution

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The Astronomy Revolution

Author	: Donald G. York
File Size	: 48,8 Mb
Publisher	: Taylor & Francis
Language	: English
Release Date	: 19 April 2016
ISBN	: 9781439836019
Pages	: 450 pages

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The Astronomy Revolution by Donald G. York Book PDF Summary

Some 400 years after the first known patent application for a telescope by Hans Lipperhey, The Astronomy Revolution: 400 Years of Exploring the Cosmos surveys the effects of this instrument and explores the questions that have arisen out of scientific research in astronomy and cosmology. Inspired by the international New Vision 400 conference held

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