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Rare and modern books

Wilson, Colin

Starseekers

Hodder & Stoughton, 1980

7.25 €

Godley Books

(Hyde, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1980
ISBN
0340258594
Place of printing
London
Author
Wilson, Colin
Publishers
Hodder & Stoughton
Size
10 x 7.25 inches
Edition
First Edition
Keyword
Cosmology, History, Astronomy
Cover description
Very Good
Binding description
Hard Cover
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
Fine
Languages
English
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with rubbing to upper and lower rear fore-edges and tiny nick to spine foot. 271pp. A wide-ranging study of astronomical discovery and the means to it. The three sections of the book are 'Ancient Cosmology' which includes Neolithic astronomy and early observations, the 'Era of Discovery' - Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Newton and Herschel and finally 'The Exploding Universe' which traces the acceleration of astronomical discovery since Einstein and Quantum Theory.