Overview :What is the origin of the universe? How did life appear on Earth and why was much of that life destroyed at various times in Earth's history... Read More
Overview :Although less well known outside the field than Edwin Hubble, Walter Baade was arguably the most influential observational astronomer of the... Read More
Overview :Thoroughly revised and expanded throughout, the new edition is a graduate-level text and reference book on gaseous nebulae, nova and superno... Read More
Overview :This is the biography of James E. Keeler (1857 1900), a distinguished pioneer of astrophysics, the application of the methods of physics to ... Read More
Overview :Drawing on his experience as historian of astronomy, practicing astrophysicist, and director of Lick Observatory, Donald Osterbrock uncovers... Read More