The Romance of Modern Astronomy - Free Audiobook

Author(s): Hector Macpherson,

Language: English

Genre(s): Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics Non-fiction Science

1 / 33Our Place in the Universe

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33 Chapter(s)

1. Our Place in the Universe
2. Effects of the Earth's Motions
3. The Orb of Night
4. The Fountain of Light
5. The Sun's Family of Worlds
6. Mercury, The "Sparkling One"
7. The Evening Star
8. Mars, The Red Planet
9. The Asteroids
10. Jupiter, the Giant Planet
11. Saturn, the Ringed World
12. The Boundaries of the Solar System
13. The Sun's Family of Comets
14. The Messengers of Space
15. The Nature of Comets
16. The Shooting Stars
17. Eclipses and Transits
18. The Suns of Space
19. The Revelation of Starlight
20. Systems of Stars
21. The Motions of the Stars
22. The Fire Mist
23. The Galaxy
24. The Origin of the Universe
25. The Romance of the Tides
26. Light and its Mysteries
27. How to Know the Stars
28. Telescopes and Observatories
29. The Romance of Discovery: The Early Astronomers
30. The Romance of Discovery: Galileo and Kepler
31. Newton and his Successors
32. The Conquest of the Stars
33. A Final Survey

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From the series, The Library of Romance, the reader is introduced in this book to the modern astronomy of 1911. The author discusses our solar system, including the planets known at that time, comets, the stars, the origins of the universe, and a few famous astronomers.

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