内容简介
Well-balanced,carefullyreasonedstudyrelatesastronomytopolitical,socialconditionsoftheday.PartIcoversancientastronomy,includingPtolemaictheory;PartIIdiscussesCopernicus,Kepler,Newton,lawsofcelestialmechanics.PartIIIcoversmoderndevelopmentsuptoworkofEddington.Authorsawastronomyasanadventureofthemind.Illustrated.