Dyson Marianne J. Space and Astronomy. Decade by Decade

New York: Facts On File Inc, 2007. — 284 p. — ISBN-10: 0-81 60-5536-X, ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-5536-4. Series Twentieth-Century Science.The 20th century has witnessed an explosive growth in science and technology - more scientists are alive today than have lived during the entire course of earlier human history. New inventions including spaceships, computer chips, lasers, and recombinant DNA have opened pathways to new fields such as space science, biotechnology, and nanotechnology. Modern seismographs and submarines have given earth and ocean scientists insights into the planet’s deepest and darkest secrets. Decades of weather science, aided by satellite observations and computer modeling, now produce long-term, global forecasts with high probabilities (not certainties) of being correct.1901-1910:
Development of a New Astronomy
Milestones
The Canals of Mars
The Equation for Space
The Rocket Equation
A New Astronomy
Impacts and Omens
Scientist of the Decade: Percival Lowell (1855-1916)
Further Reading
1911-1920:
Giant Stars and General Relativity
Milestones
The Size of Stars
The Structure of Stars
Changing View of the Universe
Cosmology
Scientist of the Decade: Henry Norris Russell (1877-1957)
Further Reading
1921-1930:
The Expanding Universe
Milestones
Nebulae Become Galaxies
The Hydrogen Question
The Matter of Stars
Planet X
Rockets around the World
Tsiolkovsky's Plan ofSpace Exploration
Scientist of the Decade: Edwin Powell Hubble (1889-1953)
Further Reading
1931-1940:
Understanding What Makes Stars Shine and Rockets Fly
Milestones
New “Eyes” on the Universe
From Giants to Black Floles
How Stars Shine
The Development of Modern Rockets
Flash Gordon and War of the Worlds
Scientist of the Decade: Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945)
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1941-1950:[/b]
From War to Space
Milestones
The Pathway to Space Begins with Weapons
Postwar Rocket Development
Postwar Russian Rocket Development
The First Science Rockets
Wartime Astronomy
Synthesis of the Elements
Astronomical Peace Dividend
Scientist of the Decade: Werner Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (1912-1977)
Radio and Solar System Discoveries
Further Reading
1951-1960:
The Dawn of the Space Age
Milestones
The Mystery of Radio Stars
The Elements of Life
Origin of the Solar System
Preparation for Manned Space Programs
New Improved Rockets
Satellites for Politics and Science
Flying to the Moon
Project Mercury
Scientist of the Decade: Sergei Pavlovich Korolev
Mercury Facts
Further Reading
1961-1970:
Putting Humans on the Moon
Milestones
The First People in Space
A Rendezvous with the Moon
Voskhod and Gemini
Probes and Satellites
Tragedy in space
Resumption of the Race
The Race Is Won
The Waning Moon
X-ray and Neutrino Astronomy
Quasars and Pulsars
Abundant Support for the Big Bang Theory
Scientist of the Decade: Robert Rowe Gilruth (1919-2000)
Further Reading
1971-1980:
From the Moon to Jupiter
Milestones
Roving around the Moon
The First Space Stations
From Apollo-Soyuz to Shuttles
Long-Duration Spaceflight
Deserted Mars
Picturing Venus
Exploring the Giants
Observing Space
Scientist of the Decade: Carl Edward Sagan (1934-1996)
Further Reading[/b]
1981-1990:[/b]
Laboratories in Space
Space Transportation System
Milestones
Shuttle Flight Numbering System
Challenger's Last Flight
Return to Flight
Russian Space - From Salyut to Mir
The Moon, Venus, Mars, and Comets
Voyage to Uranus and Neptune
State of the Universe
Scientist of the Decade: Vera Cooper Rubin (1928- )
Further Reading
1991-2000:
Space Telescopes and Stations
Milestones
Research and Records
New Life in Moon/Mars Research
Lunar Burial of Eugene Shoemaker
No Little Green Men
Asteroids, Comets, and Extrasolar Planets
Space Observatories
International Space
Scientist of the Decade: Geoffrey Marcy (1934- )
Further ReadingNew Worlds
Further Reading
Bruce Medalists Glossary
Further Resources