What are the top 100 discoveries in the history of astronomy? In his book, “Atlas of Astronomical Discoveries,” noted astronomy journalist Govert Schilling tells the story of 400 years of telescopic astronomy. He looks at the most important discoveries since the invention of the telescope, highlighting how astronomers discovered new planets, mapped nebulae, determined the distances to stars, unraveled the structure of the Milky Way, and discovered the expansion of the universe, among other things. And, as telescopes became bigger and more powerful, astronomers delved deeper into the mysteries of the cosmos. It is a beautiful book filled with marvelous images and Schilling’s style of captivating storytelling.
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Schilling is a science reporter of high standing. He has good skills to dose concise information on the complexity of astronomy. With great joy I recall his twitterclasses on several subjects. Good thing for us dutch: he’s often in our media. If you don’t win get his book at a bookstore near you (yeah I know Amazon too, but books of beauty shall be found and caressed in a bookstore, with nice people to help you. If that’s not around then e-stores are great!