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020			_a9780511709432 (ebook)
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100	1		_aBall, Robert S., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Story of the Heavens / _cRobert S. Ball.
264		1	_aPlace of publication not identified : _bpublisher not identified, _c1885.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press
300			_a1 online resource (608 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge library collection. Astronomy
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aAn Irish astronomer and talented mathematician, Sir Robert Stawell Ball (1840-1913) was also a prolific writer of popular astronomy. As a young man, Ball conducted observations of nebulae using Lord Rosse's telescope - at the time the largest in the world. His Story of the Heavens displays the same fascination with the beauties and mysteries of the sky, providing a detailed survey of the history and contemporary situation of the solar system, and speculating about the possibility of life on other planets. Originally published in 1885, when Ball was Andrews Professor of Astronomy in the University of Dublin and Royal Astronomer of Ireland, this beautifully illustrated volume covers all eight planets, the Sun, as well as double stars, distant suns, comets, and the Milky Way. Extremely popular in its time, this book remains relevant today for its historical account of astronomy as a science.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108014144
830		0	_aCambridge library collection. _pAstronomy.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511709432
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