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Tables of Contents for Cosmic Discoveries
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
7
11
Foreword
11
2
Preface: Year 2000: An Ancient Comet Returns
13
4
1842: To Sail beyond the Sunset: Portraits of Discovery
17
9
1965: Passport for Discovery
26
11
1572: Tycho Brahe: A Swashbuckling Astronomer
37
10
1610: Galileo and the Interpretation of Discovery
47
8
1632: Galileo and the Consequence of Discovery
55
8
1656: Christiaan Huygens: It Is Surrounded by a Ring
63
7
1682: Edmond Halley: Discovery by Calculation
70
6
1760: Charles Messier: The Comet Hunter of Cluny
76
8
1781: Caroline and William Herschel
84
10
1846: Adams, Leverrier, and the Scandal over Neptune
94
8
1912: Henrietta Leavitt, Harlow Shapley, and Our Place in the Milky Way Galaxy
102
7
1919: Eddington, Einstein, Mercury, and an Eclipse
109
9
1924: Edwin Hubble: The Man Who Defined the Universe
118
12
1930: Clyde Tombaugh and Pluto
130
12
1948: Bart Bok and His Globules
142
9
1951: The Milky Way Is a Spiral Galaxy
151
5
1963: Seyfert Galaxies and Quasars
156
6
1979: Using a Galaxy as a Telescope: Gravitational Lenses and Einstein Rings
162
5
1993: Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9: Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night
167
8
1999: Finding Planets around Other Stars
175
12
1971: Acquainted with the Night: O'Meara and Summerfield
187
7
1988: Jean Mueller: Of Supernovae and Songs
194
6
2001: To Discover an Idea: The Cosmic Vision of Arthur C. Clarke
200
9
Epilogue
209
2
Notes
211
14
Index
225