The Making of History's Greatest Star Map

• Main Author: Perryman, Michael. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Astronomers' Universe,
• Subjects: Physics.; Astrophysics.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11602-5

From prehistoric times, mankind has looked up at the night sky, and puzzled at the changing positions of the stars. How far away they are is a question that has confounded scientists for centuries. Over the last few hundred years, many scientific careers <U+0013> and considerable resources <...

Table of Contents:

• Prologue
• Hipparcos Launch
• 1 Our Place in the Cosmos
• 2 Why Star Positions?
• 3 Early History
• 4 Developments 1850<U+0013>1980
• 5 The Push to Space
• 6 From Concept to Launch
• 7 Disaster Unfolds
• 8 Mission Recovery
• 9 Science in the Making
• 10 The Finishing Touches
• 11 Our Galaxy
• 12 Inside the Stars
• 13 Our Solar System and Habitability
• 14 The Future
• Epilogue
• Notes
• Stereo Views
• Acknowledgments
• Index.