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336 pages • first pub 2001 (view editions)
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Language: English
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How can we measure the distance to a star? Beginning in ancient Greece, history's greatest scientific minds applied themselves to the problem in vain. Not until the nineteenth century would three men, armed with the best telescopes of their age, r...
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336 pages • first pub 2001 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
How can we measure the distance to a star? Beginning in ancient Greece, history's greatest scientific minds applied themselves to the problem in vain. Not until the nineteenth century would three men, armed with the best telescopes of their age, r...