Among other things this book deals with astronomical instruments and their application, recent discoveries in the solar system, stellar evolution, the exploding starts, the galaxies, quasars, pulsars, the possibilities of extraterrestrial life and relativity. _x000D_
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Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2013-03-12
Language: English
Number of Pages: 312
Edition: 1
Series: Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science
Tracing development of scientific sociology from Comte onwards, this book provides a narrative history of figures, ideas, and schools that lie behind ..