Astrophysics and Twentieth-century Astronomy to 1950 Part A

O Gingerich (ed) 1984 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press xi + 198 pp + lvi price £17.50 ISBN 0 521 24256 8

Although there are many books attempting to explain in simple terms, for the young enthusiast or mature nonspecialist, the problems and progress of modern astronomy and astrophysics, even specialist astronomers may find it difficult to come to grips with the history of their subject. In this series the general editor is endeavouring to make historical research in astronomy and astrophysics accessible to the historical nonspecialist by stripping away the scholarly apparatus of footnotes, references and the detailed arguments of the research paper and presenting, instead, a rather straightforward narrative with guides for further reading.