Romance of Modern Astronomy

Romance of Modern Astronomy

LibriVox · Audiobook · 33 episodes

From the series, The Library of Romance, the reader is introduced in this book to the modern astronomy of 1911. The author discusses our solar system, including the planets known at that time, comets, the stars, the origins of the universe, and a few famous astronomers.

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Episodes

Our Place in the Universe

Episode 1 · 15:30
Effects of the Earth's Motions

Episode 2 · 21:41
The Orb of Night

Episode 3 · 19:57
The Fountain of Light

Episode 4 · 20:36
The Sun's Family of Worlds

Episode 5 · 19:34
Mercury, The "Sparkling One"

Episode 6 · 10:42
The Evening Star

Episode 7 · 17:51
Mars, The Red Planet

Episode 8 · 28:45
The Asteroids

Episode 9 · 19:57
Jupiter, the Giant Planet

Episode 10 · 17:52
Saturn, the Ringed World

Episode 11 · 17:05
The Boundaries of the Solar System

Episode 12 · 17:37
The Sun's Family of Comets

Episode 13 · 18:45
The Messengers of Space

Episode 14 · 19:30
The Nature of Comets

Episode 15 · 15:00
The Shooting Stars

Episode 16 · 16:03
Eclipses and Transits

Episode 17 · 22:30
The Suns of Space

Episode 18 · 19:58
The Revelation of Starlight

Episode 19 · 21:00
Systems of Stars

Episode 20 · 14:01
The Motions of the Stars

Episode 21 · 11:12
The Fire Mist

Episode 22 · 9:57
The Galaxy

Episode 23 · 12:26
The Origin of the Universe

Episode 24 · 19:11
The Romance of the Tides

Episode 25 · 16:20
Light and its Mysteries

Episode 26 · 12:07
How to Know the Stars

Episode 27 · 21:25
Telescopes and Observatories

Episode 28 · 22:27
The Romance of Discovery: The Early Astronomers

Episode 29 · 19:17
The Romance of Discovery: Galileo and Kepler

Episode 30 · 24:51
Newton and his Successors

Episode 31 · 33:52
The Conquest of the Stars

Episode 32 · 12:36
A Final Survey

Episode 33 · 16:58