Abstract
Albert Van Helden 1985 London and Chicago: Chicago University Press viii + 203 pp price £7.50 (paperback) ISBN 0 226 84882 5 Until the advent of the telescope, quantitative estimates of cosmic dimensions were based more on prevailing philosophical notions than on sound observational data. The development of many preconceptions, their transmission and influence on succeeding generations are a recurrent theme of this volume.
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