ABSTRACT

Today, we accept that we live on a planet circling the sun, that our sun is just one of billions of stars in the galaxy we call the Milky Way, and that our galaxy is but one of billions born out of the big bang. Yet as recently as the early twentieth century, the general public and even astronomers had vague and confused notions about what lay beyo

chapter 1|13 pages

INTRODUCT ION

chapter 2|21 pages

THE NAKED - EYE V I EW OF THE SKY

chapter 5|45 pages

WILHELM STRUVE: SEEKER OF PARALLAX

chapter 10|23 pages

THE M ILKY WAY REVEALED