The Story of the Heavens (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. The astronomical observatory; 2. The Sun; 3. The Moon; 4. The solar system; 5. The law of gravitation; 6. The planet of romance; 7. Mercury; 8. Venus; 9. The Earth; 10. Mars; 11. The minor planets; 12. Jupiter; 13. Saturn; 14. Uranus; 15. Neptune; 16. Comets; 17. Shooting stars; 18. The starry heavens; 19. The distant suns; 20. Double stars; 21. The distances of the stars; 22. The spectroscope; 23. Star clusters and nebulae; 24. The precession and nutation of the earth's axis; 25. The aberration of light; 26. The astronomical significance of heat; 27. The tides; Appendix; Index.