Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies
David Todd
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Length 12 h 8 min
Chapters 61
First published 1922
The progress of astronomy from age to age has been far from uniform—rather by leaps and bounds: from the earliest epoch when man's planet earth was the center about which the stupendous cosmos wheeled, for whom it was created, and for whose edification it was maintained—down to the modern age whose discoveries have ascertained that even our stellar universe, the vast region of the solar domain, is but one of the thousands of island universes that tenant the inconceivable immensities of space.
So rapid, indeed, has been the progress of astronomy in very recent years that the present is especially favorable for setting forth its salient features; and this book is an attempt to present the wide range of astronomy in readable fashion, as if a story with a definite plot, from its origin with the shepherds of ancient Chaldea down to present-day ascertainment of the actual scale of the universe, and definite measures of the huge volume of supersolar giants among the stars. (Preface) - Summary by David Todd
Chapters
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Preface Read by CosmicT 4:06
2
The First Astronomers Read by James R. Hedrick 6:42
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Pyramid, Tomb, and Temple Read by James R. Hedrick 8:12
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Origin of Greek Astronomy Read by James R. Hedrick 5:11
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Measuring the Earth—Eratosthenes Read by James R. Hedrick 5:49
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Ptolemy and His Great Book Read by James R. Hedrick 7:39
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Astronomy of the Middle Ages Read by James R. Hedrick 9:11
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Copernicus and the New Era Read by Alan Mapstone 5:49
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Tycho, the Great Observer Read by soji 6:33
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Kepler, the Great Calculator Read by DJRickyV 10:13
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Galileo, the Great Experimenter Read by Alan Mapstone 8:09
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After the Great Masters Read by soji 8:04
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Newton and Motion Read by Alan Mapstone 7:54
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Newton and Gravitation Read by Sadiya Bindir 12:21
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After Newton Read by Sadiya Bindir 18:14
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Halley and His Comet Read by Sadiya Bindir 13:29
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Bradley and Aberration Read by Chris Greaves 6:42
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The Telescope Read by Owlivia 16:44
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Reflectors—Mirror Telescopes Read by Owlivia 15:42
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The Story of the Spectroscope Read by Owlivia 27:18
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The Story of Astronomical Photography Read by Piotr Nater 23:45
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Mountain Observatories Read by Chris Greaves 26:32
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The Program of a Great Observatory Read by jtparsonreads 20:04
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Our Solar System Read by Andrea Kotzer 5:50
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The Sun and Observing It Read by prajak 21:40
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Sun Spots and Prominences Read by prajak 35:29
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The Inner Planets Read by Piotr Nater 7:23
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The Moon and Her Surface Read by Piotr Nater 23:12
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Eclipses of the Moon Read by realisticspeakers 4:48
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Total Eclipses of the Sun Read by realisticspeakers 20:24
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The Solar Corona Read by Jason Humphreys 13:29
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The Ruddy Planet Read by DJRickyV 22:47
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The Canals of Mars Read by Piotr Nater 12:04
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Life in Other Worlds Read by lightcrystal 23:51
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The Little Planets Read by realisticspeakers 11:22
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The Giant Planet Read by realisticspeakers 8:00
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The Ringed Planet Read by Andrea Kotzer 6:21
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The Farthest Planets Read by CosmicT 6:30
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The Trans-Neptunian Planet Read by CosmicT 4:35
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Comets—the Hairy Stars Read by swanninlove 12:45
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Where Do Comets Come From? Read by CosmicT 6:36
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Meteors and Shooting Stars Read by J. M. Smallheer 13:23
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Meteorites Read by J. M. Smallheer 5:35
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The Universe of Stars Read by J. M. Smallheer 9:45
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Star Charts and Catalogues Read by Availle 6:49
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The Sun's Motion Toward Lyra Read by Availle 6:26
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Stars and Their Spectral Type Read by Availle 8:38
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Star Distances Read by Krista Zaleski 14:21
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The Nearest Stars Read by CosmicT 2:37
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Actual Dimensions of the Stars Read by CosmicT 6:14
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The Variable Stars Read by Dollf4c3su 12:10
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The Novæ, or New Stars Read by Krista Zaleski 5:39
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The Double Stars Read by CosmicT 2:51
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The Star Clusters Read by FaithAtUCF 9:22
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Moving Clusters Read by Trek 6:58
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The Two Star Streams Read by FaithAtUCF 8:47
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The Galaxy or Milky Way Read by prajak 16:57
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Star Clouds and Nebulæ Read by Raven Green 8:47
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The Spiral Nebulæ Read by Trek 11:05
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Cosmogony Read by Lector1 22:40
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Cosmogony in Transition Read by Andy Glover 10:12
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