Sirius: Brightest Diamond in the Night Sky

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Автор:Jay B. Holberg

Название:Sirius: Brightest Diamond in the Night Sky

Издательство:Springer

Series: Springer Praxis Books / Popular Astronomy

Год:2007

Формат:PDF

Размер:17.16 MB

Язык:Английский

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This book tells two stories. The first and most obvious is why the star known as Sirius has been regarded as an important fixture of the night sky by many civilizations and cultures since the beginnings of history. A second, but related, narrative is the prominent part that Sirius has played in how we came to achieve our current scientific understanding of the nature and fate of the stars. This is the first book to integrate the cultural history of Sirius with modern astrophysics in a way which provides a realistic view of how science progresses over time.