Astronomy through the ages : the story of the human attempt to understand the universe / Robert Wilson.

By: Wilson, Robert.

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BookPublisher: London : Taylor & Francis, 1997Description: xv, 302 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0748407480.Subject(s): Astronomy -- History

DDC classification: 520.9

Contents:

Part I: The early developments in astronomy -- Part II: The era of the telescope -- Part III: Modern astronomy.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From an historical perspective, this text presents an entirely non- mathematical introduction to astronomy from the first endeavours of the ancients to the current developments in research enabled by cutting edge technological advances. Free of mathematics and complex graphs, the book nevertheless explains deep concepts of space and time, of relativity and quantum mechanics, and of origin and nature of the universe. It conveys not only the intrinsic fascination of the subject, but also the human side and the scientific method as practised by Kepler, defined and elucidated by Galileo, and then demonstrated by Newton.

Bibliography: (pages 293-294) and index.

Part I: The early developments in astronomy -- Part II: The era of the telescope -- Part III: Modern astronomy.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Anne Bradstreet and Her Poetry (p. ix)
Anne Bradstreet's Wreath of Thyme (p. xxiii)
Note on the Text (p. xli)
Chronology of Anne Bradstreet's Life (p. xlv)
The works of Anne Bradstreet
[Poems Printed in the First Two Editions]
Epistle to the Reader (p. 1)
Introductory Verses, by Nathaniel Ward, John Rogers, and Others (p. 3)
To Her Most Honoured Father (p. 13)
The Prologue (p. 15)
The Folic Elements (p. 18)
Of the Four Humours (p. 34)
Of the Four Ages (p. 54)
The Four Seasons (p. 69)
The Four Monarchies (p. 78)
The Assyrian Being the First (p. 78)
The Second Monarchy, Being the Persian (p. 99)
The Third Monarchy, Being the Grecian (p. 130)
The Roman Monarchy, Being the Fourth (p. 186)
A Dialogue between Old England and New (p. 191)
An Elegy Upon Sir Philip Sidney (p. 201)
In Honour of Du Bartas (p. 205)
In Honour of Queen Elizabeth (p. 209)
David's Lamentation (p. 214)
To the Memory of Thomas Dudley Esq. (p. 216)
An Epitaph on Mrs. Dorothy Dudley (p. 219)
Contemplations (p. 220)
The Flesh and the Spirit (p. 231)
The Vanity of All Worldly Things (p. 235)
The Author to Her Book (p. 238)
[Poems Inserted Posthumously in the 1678 Edition]
Upon a Fit of Sickness (p. 240)
Upon Some Distemper of Body (p. 242)
Before the Birth of One of Her Children (p. 243)
To My Dear and Loving Husband (p. 245)
A Letter to Her Husband (p. 246)
Another (p. 248)
Another (p. 250)
To Her Father with Some Verses (p. 252)
In Reference to Her Children (p. 253)
In Memory of Elizabeth Bradstreet (p. 257)
In Memory of Anne Bradstreet (p. 258)
On Simon Bradstreet (p. 259)
In Memory of Mrs. Mercy Bradstreet (p. 260)
[The Andover Manuscripts, First Printed 1867]
To My Dear Children (p. 262)
Occasional Meditations (p. 268)
By Night When Others Soundly Slept (p. 268)
For Deliverance from a Fever (p. 270)
From Another Sore Fit (p. 271)
Deliverance from a Fit of Fainting (p. 272)
Meditations (p. 273)
July 8, 1656 (p. 274)
August 28, 1656 (p. 277)
May 11, 1657 (p. 278)
May 13, 1657 (p. 279)
September 30, 1657 (p. 280)
Upon My Son Samuel (p. 281)
May 11, 1661 (p. 282)
For the Restoration of My Dear Husband (p. 284)
Upon My Daughter Hannah Wiggin (p. 285)
On My Son's Return (p. 286)
Upon My Dear and Loving Husband (p. 288)
In My Solitary Hours (p. 290)
In Thankful Acknowledgment (p. 293)
In Thankful Remembrance (p. 294)
For My Dear Son Simon Bradstreet (p. 295)
Meditations Divine and Moral (p. 296)
Upon the Burning of Our House (p. 318)
As Weary Pilgrim (p. 321)
Selected Bibliography (p. 323)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Jeannine Hensley is former Assistant Professor of English at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts.
Adrienne Rich is one of America's most distinguished poets. Her work has been translated into many languages, and she has received numerous awards, including the Lannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, the Bollingen Prize in American Poetry, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the National Book Award.