Coming of Age in the Milky WayTwelve years in the making and impeccably researched, Coming of Age in the Milky Way chronicles the awakening of the human species to the vastness of our cosmos and shows how each time the model of the universe has been altered, tremors have rumbled through such realms as theology and politics. Illustrated. |
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Page 69
... solar system , sprouting long , glowing " tails " of vapor and dust blown off by the sun's heat and by solar wind . The appearance of new comets cannot be predicted even today ; they appear to originate in a cloud that lies near the ...
... solar system , sprouting long , glowing " tails " of vapor and dust blown off by the sun's heat and by solar wind . The appearance of new comets cannot be predicted even today ; they appear to originate in a cloud that lies near the ...
Page 166
... system - the Milky Way - which embraced every star and nebula in the telescopic sky , and which , therefore ... solar system had condensed . Were the hypothesis correct , the mathematicians calculated , the sun should have retained most ...
... system - the Milky Way - which embraced every star and nebula in the telescopic sky , and which , therefore ... solar system had condensed . Were the hypothesis correct , the mathematicians calculated , the sun should have retained most ...
Page 371
... solar system harbors fewer than one ten - billionth of the total number of planets estimated to exist in our galaxy alone . One might search for life beyond the solar system by traveling to the stars , but to do so within any reasonable ...
... solar system harbors fewer than one ten - billionth of the total number of planets estimated to exist in our galaxy alone . One might search for life beyond the solar system by traveling to the stars , but to do so within any reasonable ...
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