2006
First Published
3.85
Average Rating
288
Number of Pages
Presenting a history of how the universe at large became the object of scientific understanding, this title offers an integrated and comprehensive account of cosmology that covers all major events from Aristotle's Earth-centred cosmos to the discovery of the accelerating universe.
Avg Rating
3.85
Number of Ratings
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Author
Helge Kragh
Author · 8 books
Helge Stjernholm Kragh is a Danish historian of science. Kragh studied mathematics and physics at the University of Copenhagen before obtaining his PhD in 1981 at the University of Roskilde. He is a professor at the Centre for Science Studies of Aarhus University. Kragh's areas of study are the history of physics from the mid-19th century onward, the history of astronomy, the history of cosmology and the history of chemistry.
