
Discovery and Classification in Astronomy : Controversy and Consensus.
Title:
Discovery and Classification in Astronomy : Controversy and Consensus.
Author:
Dick, Steven J.
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9781107274075
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1 online resource (476 pages)
Contents:
dummy_cover.pdf -- Discovery and Classification in Astronomy -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I Entrée -- 1 The Pluto Affair -- 1.1 The Discovery of Pluto: Prediction and Observation -- 1.2 The Discovery of Charon: Pluto's Mass at Last -- 1.3 Discovery of the Kuiper Belt: Bad News for Pluto -- 1.4 Pluto Demoted: Prague 2006 -- Part II Narratives of Discovery -- 2 Moons, Rings, and Asteroids: Discovery in the Realm of the Planets -- 2.1 Moons and Rings: A Very Strange Wonder -- 2.2 Planets and Minor Planets: A Species Hitherto Unknown -- The Discovery of Uranus -- The Discovery of Minor Planets -- The Discovery of Neptune -- 2.3 Delineating Planetary Classes: A Semi-Nebulous Condition -- 2.4 Trans-Neptunian Objects: The Hypothesized Population -- 3 In Herschel's Gardens: Nebulous Discoveries in the Realm of the Stars -- 3.1 A Shining Fluid: Separating Star Clusters from Nebulae -- 3.2 Dust in the Gardens: Dark Nebulae, Reflection Nebulae, and the Composition of Gaseous Nebulae -- 3.3 Two New Classes of Gaseous Nebulae - Cool Hydrogen Clouds and Molecular Clouds -- 4 Dwarfs, Giants, and Planets (Again!): The Discovery of the Stars Themselves -- 4.1 Giants and Dwarfs: Making Sense of the Natural History of the Stars -- 4.2 Subgiants and Subdwarfs: The Road to Evolutionary Understanding -- 4.3 White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars: Evolutionary Endpoints -- 4.4 Brown Dwarfs and Exoplanets -- 4.5 The Discovery of Stellar Systems -- 5 Galaxies, Quasars, and Clusters: Discovery in the Realm of the Galaxies -- 5.1 Discovering a New Realm and Its Classes: Islands in the Universe -- 5.2 Where the Action Is: Quasars, Blazars, and Black Holes -- 5.3 The Discovery of Structure: Clusters, Superclusters, Filaments, and Voids -- Part III Patterns of Discovery -- 6 The Structure of Discovery.
6.1 Macrostructure: Detection, Interpretation, and Understanding -- 6.2 Microstructure: Real People and Their Social Roles in Discovery -- 6.3 How Discoveries End: Demarcating Post-Discovery -- 7 The Varieties of Discovery -- 7.1 Before the Telescope: Demarcating Pre-Discovery -- 7.2 Indirect Discovery: Evidence of Things Unseen -- 7.3 Discovery of New Members of a Known Class -- 7.4 "Object" Discovery vs. "Phenomena" Discovery in Astronomy -- 8 Discovery and Classification -- 8.1 On Class and Classification -- 8.2 Discovery and Classification in Astronomy: In Search of "The Thing Itself" -- Phenomenology: Classification as a Pre-Discovery Activity -- The Thing Itself: Classification as a Post-Discovery Activity -- Astronomy's Three Kingdoms: A Comprehensive Classification System for Astronomy -- 8.3 Negotiation and Utility in Discovery and Classification -- Part IV Drivers of Discovery -- 9 Technology and Theory as Drivers of Discovery -- 9.1 Telescopes as Engines of Discovery -- 9.2 Discovery and the Opening of the Electromagnetic Spectrum -- 9.3 Theory as Prediction and Explanation in Discovery -- Part V The Synthesis of Discovery -- 10 Luxuriant Gardens and the Master Narrative -- 10.1 Scientific Synthesis: The Discovery of Cosmic Evolution -- 10.2 Social Integration: The Meaning of Cosmic Evolution -- 11 The Meaning of Discovery -- 11.1 The Natural History of Discovery -- 11.2 Beyond Natural History: The Evolution of Discovery -- Appendix 1: Astronomy's Three Kingdoms -- Appendix 2: Astronomical Discoveries and Their Extended Structure -- Notes -- Introduction: The Natural History of the Heavens and the Natural History of Discovery -- 1. The Pluto Affair -- 2. Moons, Rings, and Asteroids: Discovery in the Realm of the Planets -- 3. In Herschel's Gardens: Nebulous Discoveries in the Realm of the Stars.
4. Dwarfs, Giants, and Planets (Again!): The Discovery of the Stars Themselves -- 5. Galaxies, Quasars, and Clusters: Discovery in the Realm of the Galaxies -- 6. The Structure of Discovery -- 7. The Varieties of Discovery -- 8. Discovery and Classification -- 9. Technology and Theory as Drivers of Discovery -- 10. Luxuriant Gardens and the Master Narrative -- 11. The Meaning of Discovery -- Select Bibliographical Essay -- Part I. Entrée -- Part II. Narratives of Discovery -- Part III. Patterns of Discovery -- Part IV. Drivers of Discovery -- Part V. The Synthesis of Discovery -- Glossary of Concepts Related to Discovery -- Index.
Abstract:
This book shows that astronomical discovery is a complex and ongoing process comprising various stages of research, interpretation and understanding.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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