BABYLON TO VOYAGER AND BEYOND: A HISTORY OF PLANETARY ASTRONOMY

"Babylon to Voyager and Beyond covers planetary research from the time of the Babylonians and Ancient Greeks through to those of Kepler, Galileo, Cassini, Newton and Herschel to the modern era of space exploration. It outlines the key observational discoveries and theoretical developments in their historical context, covering not only the numerous successes but also the main failures."--Jacket.