The Romance of Modern Astronomy
Hector Macpherson
Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers
From the series, The Library of Romance, the reader is introduced in this book to the modern astronomy of 1911. The author discusses our solar system, including the planets known at that time, comets, the stars, the origins of the universe, and a few famous astronomers. (10 hr 6 min)
Kapitel
| Our Place in the Universe | 15:30 | Gelesen von Krista Zaleski |
| Effects of the Earth's Motions | 21:41 | Gelesen von Matt Stiner |
| The Orb of Night | 19:57 | Gelesen von czandra |
| The Fountain of Light | 20:36 | Gelesen von Krista Zaleski |
| The Sun's Family of Worlds | 19:34 | Gelesen von Andrea Kotzer |
| Mercury, The "Sparkling One" | 10:42 | Gelesen von Krista Zaleski |
| The Evening Star | 17:51 | Gelesen von Rolga |
| Mars, The Red Planet | 28:45 | Gelesen von raiynn |
| The Asteroids | 19:57 | Gelesen von Kerry Adams |
| Jupiter, the Giant Planet | 17:52 | Gelesen von J. M. Smallheer |
| Saturn, the Ringed World | 17:05 | Gelesen von Jack Hill |
| The Boundaries of the Solar System | 17:37 | Gelesen von Sharon V. |
| The Sun's Family of Comets | 18:45 | Gelesen von Andrea Weinman |
| The Messengers of Space | 19:30 | Gelesen von Wayne Cooke |
| The Nature of Comets | 15:00 | Gelesen von Isaac Janney |
| The Shooting Stars | 16:03 | Gelesen von Kayla S |
| Eclipses and Transits | 22:30 | Gelesen von Krista Zaleski |
| The Suns of Space | 19:58 | Gelesen von Andrea Kotzer |
| The Revelation of Starlight | 21:00 | Gelesen von Matt Stiner |
| Systems of Stars | 14:01 | Gelesen von Matt Stiner |
| The Motions of the Stars | 11:12 | Gelesen von czandra |
| The Fire Mist | 9:57 | Gelesen von Taylor Nuffer |
| The Galaxy | 12:26 | Gelesen von Krista Zaleski |
| The Origin of the Universe | 19:11 | Gelesen von Larry Wilson |
| The Romance of the Tides | 16:20 | Gelesen von czandra |
| Light and its Mysteries | 12:07 | Gelesen von czandra |
| How to Know the Stars | 21:25 | Gelesen von czandra |
| Telescopes and Observatories | 22:27 | Gelesen von VTDave |
| The Romance of Discovery: The Early Astronomers | 19:17 | Gelesen von Kathy Kay |
| The Romance of Discovery: Galileo and Kepler | 24:51 | Gelesen von Kathy Kay |
| Newton and his Successors | 33:52 | Gelesen von Matt Stiner |
| The Conquest of the Stars | 12:36 | Gelesen von Traceyann |
| A Final Survey | 16:58 | Gelesen von Larry Wilson |