Astronomy Through the Ages: The Story Of The Human Attempt To Understand The Universe

by Wilson; Sir Robert

• ISBN13: 9780748407484
• ISBN10: 0748407480
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-08-22
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

From an historical perspective, this text presents an entirely non- mathematical introduction to astronomy from the first endeavours of the ancients to the current developments in research enabled by cutting edge technological advances. Free of mathematics and complex graphs, the book nevertheless explains deep concepts of space and time, of relativity and quantum mechanics, and of origin and nature of the universe. It conveys not only the intrinsic fascination of the subject, but also the human side and the scientific method as practised by Kepler, defined and elucidated by Galileo, and then demonstrated by Newton.

Author Biography

Jeannine Hensley is former Assistant Professor of English at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. Adrienne Rich is one of America's most distinguished poets. Her work has been translated into many languages, and she has received numerous awards, including the Lannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, the Bollingen Prize in American Poetry, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the National Book Award.

Table of Contents

Anne Bradstreet and Her Poetry	p. ix
Anne Bradstreet's Wreath of Thyme	p. xxiii
Note on the Text	p. xli
Chronology of Anne Bradstreet's Life	p. xlv
The works of Anne Bradstreet
[Poems Printed in the First Two Editions]
Epistle to the Reader	p. 1
Introductory Verses, by Nathaniel Ward, John Rogers, and Others	p. 3
To Her Most Honoured Father	p. 13
The Prologue	p. 15
The Folic Elements	p. 18
Of the Four Humours	p. 34
Of the Four Ages	p. 54
The Four Seasons	p. 69
The Four Monarchies	p. 78
The Assyrian Being the First	p. 78
The Second Monarchy, Being the Persian	p. 99
The Third Monarchy, Being the Grecian	p. 130
The Roman Monarchy, Being the Fourth	p. 186
A Dialogue between Old England and New	p. 191
An Elegy Upon Sir Philip Sidney	p. 201
In Honour of Du Bartas	p. 205
In Honour of Queen Elizabeth	p. 209
David's Lamentation	p. 214
To the Memory of Thomas Dudley Esq.	p. 216
An Epitaph on Mrs. Dorothy Dudley	p. 219
Contemplations	p. 220
The Flesh and the Spirit	p. 231
The Vanity of All Worldly Things	p. 235
The Author to Her Book	p. 238
[Poems Inserted Posthumously in the 1678 Edition]
Upon a Fit of Sickness	p. 240
Upon Some Distemper of Body	p. 242
Before the Birth of One of Her Children	p. 243
To My Dear and Loving Husband	p. 245
A Letter to Her Husband	p. 246
Another	p. 248
Another	p. 250
To Her Father with Some Verses	p. 252
In Reference to Her Children	p. 253
In Memory of Elizabeth Bradstreet	p. 257
In Memory of Anne Bradstreet	p. 258
On Simon Bradstreet	p. 259
In Memory of Mrs. Mercy Bradstreet	p. 260
[The Andover Manuscripts, First Printed 1867]
To My Dear Children	p. 262
Occasional Meditations	p. 268
By Night When Others Soundly Slept	p. 268
For Deliverance from a Fever	p. 270
From Another Sore Fit	p. 271
Deliverance from a Fit of Fainting	p. 272
Meditations	p. 273
July 8, 1656	p. 274
August 28, 1656	p. 277
May 11, 1657	p. 278
May 13, 1657	p. 279
September 30, 1657	p. 280
Upon My Son Samuel	p. 281
May 11, 1661	p. 282
For the Restoration of My Dear Husband	p. 284
Upon My Daughter Hannah Wiggin	p. 285
On My Son's Return	p. 286
Upon My Dear and Loving Husband	p. 288
In My Solitary Hours	p. 290
In Thankful Acknowledgment	p. 293
In Thankful Remembrance	p. 294
For My Dear Son Simon Bradstreet	p. 295
Meditations Divine and Moral	p. 296
Upon the Burning of Our House	p. 318
As Weary Pilgrim	p. 321
Selected Bibliography	p. 323
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