Recommended by Richard Cohen, and 1 others. See all reviews
Ranked #33 in Cosmology, Ranked #34 in Astronomy — see more rankings.
Twelve 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. less
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Richard Cohen Although he is an astronomer, by training and disposition in many ways, he’s also a wonderful historian of science. (Source)
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- #65 in Astrophysics
- #48 in History Of Science