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(0)Steven J Dick
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Astronomical discovery involves more than detecting something previously unseen. The reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet in 2006, and the controversy it generated, shows that discovery is a complex and ongoing process - one comprising various stages of research, interpretation, and understanding. Ranging from Galileo's observation of Jupiter's satellites, Saturn's rings, and star clusters, to Herschel's nebulae and the modern discovery of...
Series
NASA SP volume 2008-4703
Publisher
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of External Relations, History Division
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: Proceedings of October 2007 conference, sponsored by the NASA History Division and the National Air and Space Museum, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Sputnik 1 launch in October 1957 and the dawn of the space age.
Series
NASA SP volume 4803
Publisher
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Communications, NASA History Program Office
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
