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- catalog abstract ""Babylon to Voyager and Beyond covers planetary research from the time of the Babylonians and Ancient Greeks through to those of Kepler, Galileo, Cassini, Newton and Herschel to the modern era of space exploration. It outlines the key observational discoveries and theoretical developments in their historical context, covering not only the numerous successes but also the main failures."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12890452.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""Babylon to Voyager and Beyond covers planetary research from the time of the Babylonians and Ancient Greeks through to those of Kepler, Galileo, Cassini, Newton and Herschel to the modern era of space exploration. It outlines the key observational discoveries and theoretical developments in their historical context, covering not only the numerous successes but also the main failures."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 523-532) and indexes.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- The ancients -- Copernicus and the new cosmology -- Kepler and Galileo: the fall of epicycles and the start of telescopic astronomy -- The mid and late seventeenth century -- Consolidation -- The solar system expands -- The inner solar system in the nineteenth century -- The outer solar system in the nineteenth century -- Quiet interlude -- the twentieth century prior to the space age -- The space age -- terrestrial planets -- The space age -- the outer planets.".
- catalog extent "x, 558 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521004616 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0521808405 (hardback)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "523.4 21".
- catalog subject "Planetology.".
- catalog subject "QB601 .L59 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- The ancients -- Copernicus and the new cosmology -- Kepler and Galileo: the fall of epicycles and the start of telescopic astronomy -- The mid and late seventeenth century -- Consolidation -- The solar system expands -- The inner solar system in the nineteenth century -- The outer solar system in the nineteenth century -- Quiet interlude -- the twentieth century prior to the space age -- The space age -- terrestrial planets -- The space age -- the outer planets.".
- catalog title "Babylon to Voyager and beyond : a history of planetary astronomy / David Leverington.".
- catalog type "text".