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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1 THE ORIGINS OF ASTRONOMY
2 FROM BABYLON TO ANCIENT GREECE
3 THE ALMAGEST
4 ASTRONOMY IN THE DARK AGES
5 THE COPERNICAN REVOLUTION
6 CHASING THE PATHS OF THE PLANETS
7 GALILEO
8 JEREMIAH HORROCKS
9 THE CLOCKWORK UNIVERSE
10 ENGLISH AND FRENCH RIVALRY
11 FINDING LONGITUDE
12 WILLIAM HERSCHEL
13 UNDERSTANDING THE FORCES OF NATURE
14 ALBERT EINSTEIN
15 THE HUBBLE UNIVERSE
16 FROM MICROCOSM TO MACROCOSM
17 BEYOND THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM
18 BLACK HOLES, QUASARS AND THE UNIVERSE
19 STEPHEN HAWKING
20 ASTRONOMY IN THE SPACE AGE
21 THE BIG BANG AND THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE
22 DARK MATTER AND DARK ENERGY
23 PLANETS, MOONS AND THE SEARCH FOR LIFE
GLOSSARY
FURTHER READING
INDEX
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