Parallax: The Race to Measure the CosmosIn the dramatic tradition of the best-selling Longitude, Parallax charts the historical path of observational astronomy's most daunting challenge: measuring the distance to a star. |
Contents
The circle Game | |
3 What If the Sun Be Center to the World? | |
Crossed Eyes and Wobbling Stars | |
RANGE FINDERS BROADENING THE BASELINE II SURVEYING | |
SOLARSYSTEM BROADENING THE BASELINE IV STELLAR PARALLAX | |
Part 2 | |
The Archimedean Engine | |
A Coal Cellar with a View | |
Double Vision | |
Part 3 | |
Epilogue A Drink from the Well | |
Praise for Parallax | |
Dismal Swamp 12 The TwiceBuilt Telescope | |
Quest for Precision 14 So Many Grasshoppers 15 The Star in the Lyre | |