A History of Astronomy by Walter W. BRYANT read by Various Part 2/2 | Full Audio Book

A History of Astronomy by Walter W. BRYANT (1865 - 1923)
Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography, Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

Read by: Availle, Adrian Stephens, Alan Mapstone, Son of the Exiles, Marya James, rreiman, J. M. Smallheer, Amanda Mehl, realisticspeakers, Paul Harvey, jr6524, djblackett, Alix Grace, Marvin, drwolfe88, VTDave in English

Parts:

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 27 - XXVII Comets, Meteors, Zodiacal Light
00:47:46 - 28 - XXVIII The Stars - Catalogues - Proper Motion - Parallax - Magnitude
01:24:18 - 29 - XXIX Double Stars
01:44:20 - 30 - XXX Variable Stars
02:05:36 - 31 - XXXI Clusters - Nebulae - Milky Way
02:18:49 - 32 - XXXII Stellar Spectroscopy
02:43:47 - 33 - XXXIII Conclusion

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)