Cosmos and I: First Cosmos Book From India - Softcover

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Why the book? : “ One may think that we are wasting so much money on observing objects that we would never reach up to. But the observation of our universe gives only insight into our place in it. Studying only the behaviour of heavenly bodies has only benefited us “ ~ Dr. Robert Aitken, director of Lick Observatory. Astronomy is considered to be one of the oldest natural sciences. It deals with celestial objects and physics. There are Theoretical astrophysics , Physical cosmology, Interstellar astrophysics, Extra galactic astronomy, Astrobiology, Astrochemistry etc. Even a child say “the stars twinkle” but how does it twinkle? Astronomy explains! Throughout history, humans have looked up to the sky to navigate the vast oceans, relied on the stars to cross continents. Ancestors were able to differentiate between stars and planets. Each place has its own story for astronomy. The Sumerians were the first to write on day tablets and first to be noted in history. The Egyptians introduced calendars, employing a year having 365 days. The Indians had also the contribution, astronomers like Aryabhata mentioned Earth rotates about its axis. Muslim astronomy and Chinese astronomy got influenced by Indian astronomy. The Greeks, known to be fathers of Ancient Astronomy developed theories and formulae to describe cosmos. The Mayans studied about the moon, planets, milky way, Sun. Kepler, Copernicus, Galileo had their own path to the development of astronomy. The promise : “ Cosmos and I “, the first Astronomy monthly book in Tamilnadu,India covers the recent news on space. There are less astronomy monthly editions and this is one among them. Right now, it is available only as Kindle but hardcopies will be in sale real soon. Readers who seek for improvement in the content or the style can go ahead, suggestions are welcome, because negative critics are which makes me what I am and positive praises are which nourishes me !

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