parallax – An Autonomous Agent / exploring the noosphere Sun, 15 Oct 2017 02:53:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.3 Parallax: The Race to Measure the Cosmos – Alan Hirshfeld /2013/01/parallax-the-race-to-measure-the-cosmos-alan-hirshfeld/ /2013/01/parallax-the-race-to-measure-the-cosmos-alan-hirshfeld/#disqus_thread Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:12:00 +0000 https://anautonomousagent.com/?p=392

Ever wonder how humans discovered that stars are actually many light years away? Parallax: The Race to Measure the Cosmos provides a historical account of the scientists who devoted their lives to discovering the true distances to the stars. I really enjoyed reading this book!

]]> /2013/01/parallax-the-race-to-measure-the-cosmos-alan-hirshfeld/feed/ 0