Publisher's Synopsis
There are many types of astronomers-from the stargazer who merely watches the heavens, to the abstract mathematician who merely works at his desk; it has, consequently, been necessary in the case of some lives to adopt a very different treatment from that which seemed suitable for others. The Great Astronomers are as follows: Claudius Ptolemy, Nicolaus Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton, John Flamsteed Edmond Halley, James Bradley, William Herschel, Pierre-Simon Laplace, John Brinkley, John Herschel 3rd Earl of Rosse (William Parsons), George Biddell Airy, William Rowan Hamilton, Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams.
