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Belkora, Leila

the story of our discovery of the Milky Way

Leila Belkora

Institute of Physics

2003

x, 406 p. ill. 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-392) and index. , The naked-eye view of the sky -- Thomas Wright: visionary of stellar systems -- William Herschel: natural historian of the universe -- Wilhelm Struve: seeker of parallax -- William Huggins: pioneer of the new astronomy -- Jacobus Kapteyn: mastermind without a telescope -- Harlow Shapley: champion of the big galaxy -- Edwin Hubble: redeemer of island universes -- The Milky Way revealed

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