and helped revolutionize the field of astronomy. The book was considered highly controversial at the time, as it created a new heliocentric model of the universe in which the sun was at the center ...

THE professed object of the author was to satisfy the requirements of civil engineering students, who are unlikely to take up a more advanced study of astronomy, and to produce a text-book ...

In his latest book, published this month by Simon & Schuster and excerpted here, Ferris reflects on his lifelong passion for amateur astronomy ... a night-vision star chart illuminated from ...

900-year-old astronomy guide is oldest known book written in the Americas. In a rare reversal, archaeologists have determined that a Maya book written almost 900 years ago is genuine—after ...

To bring this story to the page, astrophysicists Emma Louden GRD ’26 and Tanya Harrison partnered with Wouter Pasman, an illustrator and space enthusiast to co-author their debut children’s book.

In his new book “Accidental Astronomy,” which came out earlier this month, Lintott highlights what he calls the “science of serendipity” and how these accidental moments lead to some of ...

A University of Virginia astronomy professor will take part in a book talk at signing at a Charlottesville bookshop this weekend. Kelsey Johnson will be speaking about her new nonfiction book ...

Sarah Perry's 'Enlightenment' ponders faith, astronomy and friendship : NPR's Book of the Day Sarah Perry's novel, Enlightenment, recently received a Booker Prize nomination.It follows the ...

A rare 16th Century astronomy book written by a Welshman has sold for £10,000 at auction. A first edition of The Castle of Knowledge by Robert Recorde - the man who also invented the equals sign ...

In fact, the greater part of the book does not strike us as being other than a general outline of the chief facts and principles of astronomy suitable for ordinary reading, except that at ...