The Sun Kings: The Unexpected Tragedy of Richard Carrington and the Tale of How Modern Astronomy Began
by:
Stuart Clark (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780691126609 (0691126607)
Publish date: May 1st 2007
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Pages no: 211
Edition language: English
I'm an astronomy buff, but not necessarily a history-of-astronomy buff, and I admit that I wasn't sure that the beginning of solar astronomy really warranted a whole book -- weren't there more exciting topics in astronomy to spend my time on? But I loved this book. There were so many pieces to thi...