Galaxies

by Paul W. Hodge

Book Overview

Galaxies are among nature's most aweinspiring and beautifully formed objects. In this highly informative and lucidly written book, Paul Hodge seeks to demystify galaxies and to examine closely our present-day knowledge of these magnificent star systems. Hodge brings a historical perspective to his discussion of galactic research. He presents a summary of the revolutionary discoveries of the last decade, and he shows how they have contributed to our...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674340655
• ISBN13: 9780674340657
• Release Date: April 1986
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 174 Pages

Customer Reviews

Important pioneer

Shapley discovered the "halo" of globular clusters orbiting the Milky Way early in the 20th century and made other important discoveries about ours and other galaxies. This book is an interesting introduction to this fascinating area of astronomy.Unfortunately, Shapley's scientific autobiography, "Through Rugged Ways to the Stars," is no longer available, which was worth reading. (Also, it was a fairly short as biographies go).