A History of Astronomy

About this film

LibriVox recording of A History of Astronomy by Walter W. Bryant. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. In this book, Walter W. Bryant traces the history of astronomy through the ages. We start at the very beginning, where astronomy was an occupation of priests, move with the help of the Arabs through the middle ages to the (re-) discovery of the heliocentric system by Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo. A discussion of Newton and his laws follows as well as a description of the biographies and works of successors like Halley, Herschel, and Bessel. The second half of the book deals with (at the time) recent discoveries with respect to our solar system and the comets, meteors, and stars beyond. (Summary by Ava) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (275MB)

Directors & creators

Walter W. Bryant

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks; nonfiction; science; physics; stars; astronomy; solar system; astronomers; moon; sun; milky way; meteors; observation; comets

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