Cosmic Discovery

by Martin Harwit

Book Overview

Martin Harwit's influential book, Cosmic Discovery, is rereleased after more than thirty-five years, with a new preface written by the author. The work chronicles the astronomical discoveries up to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465014283
• ISBN13: 9780465014286
• Release Date: July 1981
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Cosmic Discovery

This is an outstanding book about the history of astronomy and the future. The author shows the interrelationship between advances in instrumental capabilities and the pace of fundamental discoveries. I stongly recommend it to anyone interested in how science advances.