The New Cosmos. Heidelberg Science Library. Volume 5/6.

Paperback. The New Cosmos. Previous owners name to inside cover. Translated by William H. McCrea. Slight wear to spine. This book may serve to present the modern view of the universe to a large number of readers whose over-full professional commitments leave them no time for the study of larger monographs.Such a book should not be too compendious. Accordingly, the author has been at pains to allow the leading ideas of the various domains of astronomical investigation to stand out plainly in their scientific and historical settings; the introductory chapters of the three parts of the book., in the framework of historical surveys, should assist the general review. Contents: Classical Astronomy. Sun and Stars - Astrophysics of Individual Stars. Stellar Systems - Milky Way and Galaxies: Cosmogony and Cosmology. Illustrated. 373 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…