Frame of the universe: A history of physical cosmology

The Authors Follow The History Of Cosmological Ideas From Ancient To Modern Times At A Level Suitable For Non-specialist College Courses And General Reading. 1. Overview -- 2. Earliest Awareness -- 3. First Astronomy -- 4. The Fountainhead -- 5. Synthesis -- 6. Orb In Orb -- 7. Medieval Europe -- 8. Copernican Revolution 1 -- 9. Copernican Revolution 2 -- 10. Galileo Galilei -- 11. Newtonian Synthesis -- 12. Widening Horizons: Einstein -- 13. General Theory Of Relativity -- 14. Primeval Atom -- 15. Gravitational Collapse -- Epilogue. Frank Durham, Robert D. Purrington. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [267]-275.