The Andromeda Galaxy and the Rise of Modern Astronomy (Astronomers' Universe)

The Andromeda Galaxy and the Rise of Modern Astronomy (Astronomers' Universe)

Language: English

Pages: 271

ISBN: 1461430488

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


The Andromeda Galaxy – Messier’s M31 – has an almost romantic appeal. It is the most distant object and the only extragalactic object that is visible to the unaided human eye. Now known to be about 2½ million light-years away, it appears in the sky to be several times the width of the full Moon under good seeing conditions. The Andromeda Galaxy and the Rise of Modern Astronomy examines the astronomical studies of Andromeda and its importance to our developing knowledge of the universe. The book discusses how M31 was described both by the Ancients, but more importantly, by astronomers from the nineteenth century to the present.

While at the start of the twentieth century the universe was thought of as a finite cosmos dominated by the Milky Way, the study of Andromeda galaxy shattered that image, leading ultimately to the conception of an infinite universe of countless galaxies and vast distances. Even today, M31 is a major focal point for new astronomical discoveries, and it also remains one of the most popular (and rewarding) celestial objects for amateur astronomers to observe and study. This book reveals the little-known history of M31 and the scientists who study it.

For all who are interested in astronomy, the skies, and perhaps even the origins of the universe, The Andromeda Galaxy and the Rise of Modern Astronomy provides a first-of-its-kind accessible, informative, and highly readable account of how the study and observation of this celestial object has driven the development of astronomy from ancient times to the present.

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Forces, for Newton, are part of nature itself. Newton’s universe, described in terms of physical forces and mathematical equations, however, means that religious final causes are not crucial to an understanding of everyday occurrences. Although Newton may still have seen God as the ultimate creator of the universe, his God and universe are much different from those of earlier Christians. God is an architect, a mathematician, or a great watchmaker, and the universe is like a great watch. Once God.

Kant’s theory, which Edwin Hubble later referred to as the theory of “island-universes,” stood in contrast to the single-universe hypothesis that saw the Milky Way as the only galaxy in the universe. Kant proposed that the universe is composed of many other solar systems and potentially many other planets within a cosmos of many galaxies beyond the Milky Way. Kant even refers to the Andromeda Nebula in his discussion but does not offer any speculation on whether it is a galaxy. At approximately.

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To the cosmos, with change occurring as a result of a variety of forces interacting. But in a Newtonian view of the universe, space is infinitely static and flat. It is like a large piece of graph paper upon which stellar objects are hung. (Perhaps it would be better to describe it as a large cube with objects hanging in it). These objects have no impact or imprint on space outside of occupying some. Similarly, time for Newton, as it had been for Christian Europe at least since the days of the.

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