Archives of the Universe : 100 Discoveries that Transformed Our Understanding fo the Cosmos

One hundred primary documents chronicle the history of astronomy, from early naked-eye celestial observation and cosmic mapping to the discovery of black holes, quasars, the Big Bang, and dark matter, in works by Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Halley, Hubble, Einstein, and other great scientists, all accompanied by authoritative commentary an