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Reviewed on July 1, 1994
Comprehensive in scope, with massive detail, this latest volume in Norton's "History of Science" series (see also Peter Bowler's Norton History of Environmental Sciences and William Brock's Norton History of Chemistry, both LJ 7/93) surveys facts and ideas about the universe from prehistoric observations, ancient mythologies, and rational speculations to space exploration, radio astronomy, and modern cosmogony. Of sp...Log In or Sign Up to Read More