Four hundred years ago in Middelburg, in the Netherlands, the telescope was invented. The invention unleashed a revolution in the exploration of the universe. Galileo Galilei discovered mountains on the Moon, spots on the Sun, and moons around Jupiter. Christiaan Huygens saw details on Mars and rings around Saturn. William Herschel discovered a new planet and mapped binary stars and nebulae. Other astronomers determined the distances to stars, unraveled the structure of the Milky Way, and discovered the expansion of the universe. And, as telescopes became bigger and more powerful, astronomers delved deeper into the mysteries of the cosmos. In his __Atlas of Astronomical Discoveries__, astronomy journalist Govert Schilling tells the story of 400 years of telescopic astronomy. He looks at the 100 most important discoveries since the invention of the telescope.
In his direct and accessible style, the author takes his readers on an exciting journey encompassing the highlights of four centuries of astronomy. Spectacular photographs, taken with the largest telescopes on Earth and in space, portray the most distant corners of the universe.
"Selecting and describing the hundred most impressive and important astronomical discoveries is no easy task, but no one can master this feat as well as Govert Schilling, a veritable master of science communication. With captivating words and breathtaking images, the __Atlas of Astronomical Discoveries__ is a tour-de-force of humankind’s almost unbelievable progress in understanding the cosmos over the past 400 years."
__Lars Lindberg Christensen, Head of ESO’s Education and Public Outreach Department and author of Cosmic Collisions (Springer 2009)__
"A hyper modern concept, aimed at the multimedia generation."
__Sjaak Priester, science reporter in Dutch newspaper "De Volkskrant"__
"A non plus ultra of astronomical history with breathtaking photography."
__Peter Reinhard, practical astronomer in Austrian magazine "Die Sternenrundschau"__

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Atlas van astronomische Ontdekkingen

Govert Schilling; [translation, Andy Brown]

Schilling, Govert

Springer New York : Imprint : Springer

Scholars Portal

United States, United States of America

1st ed. 2011, New York, NY, 2011

Springer Nature, New York, 2011

New York, New York State, 2011

2019

до 2011-08

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"Originally published in 2008 as Atlas van Astronomische Ontdekkingen by Fontaine Publishers, the Netherlands"--T.p. verso.
Includes index.

Cover 1
Atlas of Astronomical Discoveries 4
ISBN 9781441978103 5
Preface 7
Contents 9
The Dawn of Astronomy 11
New Vistas and Cosmic Laws 17
Mountaineering on the Moon 20
Galileo Galilei Discovers Mountains on the Moon 20
Children of Jupiter 21
Galileo Galilei Discovers Moons Around Another Planet 21
Tarnished Blazon 24
Johannes Fabricius Discovers Spots on the Sun 24
Cosmic Order 25
Johannes Kepler Discovers the Laws of Planetary Motion 25
Blowing in the Solar Wind 28
Johannes Kepler Discovers Why Comet Tails Point Away from the Sun 28
Changeable Behavior 29
Jan Fokkes Discovers the Variability of Mira 29
Cosmic Hula Hoops 32
Christiaan Huygens Discovers the True Nature of Saturn’s Rings 32
Planet Mapping 33
Christiaan Huygens Discovers Surface Details on Mars 33
Stormy Weather 36
Robert Hooke Discovers the Great Red Spot on Jupiter 36
Planetary Surveyors 37
Jean-Dominique Cassini Discovers the Scale of the Solar System 37
Universal Power of Attraction 40
Isaac Newton Discovers the Law of Gravity 40
Recurring Visitors 41
Edmund Halley Discovers the Periodicity of Comets 41
Swarms of Stars on a Three-Dimensional Stage 45
Star Trek 48
Edmund Halley Discovers the Proper Motion of Stars 48
Subtle Swings 49
James Bradley Discovers the Aberration of Starlight 49
Veiled Sister 52
Mikhail Lomonosov Discovers the Atmosphere Around Venus 52
FallenPlanet 53
William Herschel Discovers the Planet Uranus 53
Route du soleil 56
William Herschel Discovers the Motion of the Sun Through Space 56
Deadly Beauty 57
William Herschel Discovers the Central Star in a Planetary Nebula 57
Celestial Vermin 60
Giuseppe Piazzi Discovers Ceres, the First Asteroid 60
Rocks from Space 61
Jean-Baptiste Biot Discovers the Extraterrestrial Origins of Meteorites 61
Paving the Way for Major Theoretical Breakthroughs 65
Deceptive Lines 68
Joseph Fraunhofer Discovers the Solar Spectrum 68
Distant Suns 69
Friedrich Bessel Discovers the Parallax of a Star 69
Moving Waves 72
Christian Doppler Discovers the Doppler Effect 72
Inconstant Sun 73
Heinrich Schwabe Discovers the Solar Cycle 73
Swirling Veils 76
William Parsons Discovers Spiral Nebulae 76
Newton’s Triumph 77
Johann Galle Discovers the Planet Neptune 77
Enervating Explosions 80
Richard Carrington Discovers Solar Flares 80
Stellar Runt 81
Alvan Graham Clark Discovers Sirius’ White-Dwarf Companion 81
Elementary Puzzles 84
Pierre Janssen and Norman Lockyer Discover Helium in the Sun 84
Fear and Dread 85
Asaph Hall Discovers the Moons of Mars 85
Extraterrestrial Waterways 88
Giovanni Schiaparelli Discovers Canals on Mars 88
Celestial Fireworks 89
Edward Emerson Barnard Discovers that Novae Are Exploding Stars 89
Minimum Temperature 92
Edward Maunder Discovers an Extended Solar Minimum 92
Luminous Thunder 93
Max Wolf Discovers the First Light Echo, of Nova Persei 93
Almost Empty 96
Johannes Hartmann Discovers Interstellar Material 96
Color Coding 97
Ejnar Hertzsprung Discovers the Link Between the Color and Luminosity of Stars 97
A Speck of Cosmic Dust in an Evolving Cosmos 101
Heavenly Messengers 104
Victor Hess Discovers Cosmic Rays 104
Cosmic Yardstick 105
Henrietta Leavitt Discovers the Period-Luminosity Law of Cepheids 105
Nearest Neighbor 108
Robert Innes Discovers the Nearest Star, Proxima Centauri 108
Sprinter in the Night Sky 109
Edward Emerson Barnard Discovers the Star with the Largest Proper Motion 109
Galactic Dimensions 112
Harlow Shapley Discovers the Size of the Milky Way 112
Einstein Proved Right 113
Arthur EddingtonDiscovers the Deflection of Starlight 113
Island Universes 116
Edwin Hubble Discovers the True Nature of Spiral Galaxies 116
Rotating Disk 117
Jan Oort Discovers the Differential Rotation of the Milky Way 117
Inflated Space 120
Edwin Hubble Discovers the Expansion of the Universe 120
Lilliputian Planet 121
Clyde Tombaugh Discovers the Dwarf Planet Pluto 121
Galactic Podcast 124
Karl Jansky Discovers Cosmic Radio Waves 124
Invisible Stuff 125
Jan Oort and Fritz Zwicky Discover Dark Matter 125
Terminal Explosions 128
Fritz Zwicky and Walter Baade Discover the True Nature of Supernova Explosions 128
Near Miss 129
Karl Reinmuth Discovers the Earth-Grazer Hermes 129
Sunny Train Ride 132
Hans Bethe Discovers the Energy Source of the Stars 132
Celestial Radio Beacon 133
Grote Reber Discovers the Brightest Radio Source in the Sky, Cygnus A 133
Discoveries in Wartime 136
Walter Baade Discovers that There Are Two Star Populations 136
Veiled Moon 137
Gerard Kuiper Discovers the Atmosphere Around the Saturnian Moon Titan 137
Icy Cloud 140
Jan Oort Discovers the Origin of Long-Period Comets 140
Hydrogen Hiss 141
Harold Ewen Discovers the 21-centimeter Line of Neutral Hydrogen 141
Elementary Stardust 144
Fred Hoyle and his Colleagues Discover the Origin of the Elements 144
Revolutionary Discoveries in a Mysterious Universe 147
Cosmic Gathering 149
Elizabeth Scott and Jerzy Neyman Discover Superclusters 149
Majestic Spiral 152
Jan Oort Discovers the Spiral Structure of the Milky Way 152
Interplanetary Weather 153
Eugene Parker Discovers the Solar Wind 153
Cosmic Evolution 156
Martin Ryle Discovers That the Universe Is Evolving 156
Penetrating Look 157
Riccardo Giacconi Discovers the First Galactic X-Ray Source, Scorpius X-1 157
Far-Off Shores 160
Maarten Schmidt Discovers Quasars 160
Ancient Light 161
Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson Discover the Afterglow of the Big Bang 161
Radar Revelations 164
Gordon Pettengill Discovers the Rotation Period of Mercury 164
Optical Illusion 165
Martin Rees Discovers the Explanation for Superluminal Velocities 165
Extraterrestrial Beeps 168
Jocelyn Bell Discovers Pulsars 168
Military Spin-Off 169
Ray Klebesadel Discovers Gamma-Ray Bursts 169
Bright Shell, Black Core 172
Louise Webster and Paul Murdin Discover that Cygnus X-1 Is a Black Hole 172
Asymmetric Expansion 173
Vera Rubin and Kent Ford Discover the Proper Motion of the Milky Way 173
Striking Similarity 176
Viking 1 Discovers the Face on Mars 176
Hybrid Intruder 177
Charles Kowal Discovers the First Centaur, Chiron 177
Skinny Hoops 180
Jim Elliot and his Colleagues Discover the Rings of Uranus 180
Double Planet 181
Jim Christy Discovers the Plutonian Moon Charon 181
Dusty Belt 184
Voyager 1 Discovers the Ring Around Jupiter 184
Sulfurous Surprise 185
Linda Morabito Discovers Volcanic Activity on the Jovian Moon Io 185
Curved Light 188
Dennis Walsh and his Colleagues Discover the First Gravitational Lens 188
Empty Space 189
Robert Kirshner Discovers the Boötes Supervoid 189
Nervous Beacon 192
Don Backer Discovers the First Millisecond Pulsar 192
Heat Surplus 193
The Infrared Astronomical Satellite Discovers Dust Disks Around Stars 193
Fatal Attraction 196
John Tonry Discovers the First Supermassive Black Hole 196
Gushing Iceberg 197
The Space Probe Giotto Discovers What the Core of Halley’s Comet Looks Like 197
Elongated Galaxies 200
Geneviève Soucail and her Colleagues Discover Light Arcs 200
Mysterious Explosion 201
Ian Shelton Discovers a Supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud 201
Hostile Environment 204
Aleksander Wolszczan Discovers Pulsar Planets 204
Baby Photo 205
The COBE Satellite Discovers Fluctuations in the Cosmic Background Radiation 205
Beyond Pluto 208
David Jewitt and Jane Luu Discover the First Kuiper Belt Object 208
Cosmic Nursery 209
Bob O’Dell Discovers Protoplanetary Disks in the Orion Nebula 209
Unsightly Little Moons 212
The Space Probe Galileo Discovers the First Satellite of an Asteroid 212
Collision Course 213
Astronomers Discover the Effects of a Comet Impact on a Planet 213
Other Worlds 216
Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz Discover the First Exoplanet 216
Failed Star 217
Shrinivas Kulkarni Discovers the First Brown Dwarf, Gliese 229B 217
Fossil Remains 220
David McKay Discovers Signs of Life in a Martian Meteorite 220
Cosmic Fireworks 221
Paul Groot and Titus Galama Discover the First Afterglow of a Gamma-Ray Burst 221
Accelerating Universe 224
Adam Riess and Saul Perlmutter Discover Dark Energy 224
Wet History 225
Spirit and Opportunity Discover Traces of Water on Mars 225
Target Earth 228
David Tholen and his Colleagues Discover the Earth-Grazer Apophis 228
Warrior Princess 229
Michael Brown Discovers the Dwarf Planet Eris 229
Icy Landing 232
The Space Probe Huygens Discovers the Surface of Titan 232
New Earth 233
Stéphane Udry Discovers the Habitable Exoplanet Gliese 581c 233
Giant Telescopes and the Future of Astronomy 235
Index 237
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Offers a unique combination of informative text, magnificent illustrations and stylish design Examines the 100 most important discoveries since the invention of the telescope Features spectacular photographs, taken with the largest telescopes on Earth and in space, that portray distant corners of the universe Author Govert Schilling is a renowned astronomy journalist and science communicator In his Atlas of Astronomical Discoveries , astronomy journalist Govert Schilling tells the story of 400 years of telescopic astronomy. He looks at the 100 most important discoveries since the invention of the telescope. Doing what Schilling does best, he takes the reader on an adventure through both space and time. Photographs and amazing pictures line the pages of this book, offering the reader an escape from this world and an invitation to a world far beyond what the unaided human eye can detect.

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
1608 - 1708 The Dawn of Astronomy New Vistas and Cosmic Laws....Pages 1-32
1708 - 1808 Swarms of Stars on a Three-Dimensional Stage....Pages 33-52
1808 - 1908 Paving the Way for Major Theoretical Breakthroughs....Pages 53-88
1908 - 1958 A Speck of Cosmic Dust in an Evolving Cosmos....Pages 89-134
1958 - 2008 Revolutionary Discoveries in a Mysterious Universe....Pages 135-226
Back Matter....Pages 227-234

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