The first is Prometheus, the god of foresight ... Given his role in supporting the heavens, Atlas was very closely associated with astronomy, and many of his children would become stars and ...

Atlas was burdened with the task of holding up the heavens for all eternity, and has become known as the gigantic god of endurance and astronomy. It is fitting that one of the biggest moths in the ...

The Cambridge Atlas of Astronomy is a comprehensive account of the results of our physical and intellectual exploration of the Universe. The 1980s is an exciting period for space exploration: the ...

This new edition is an unrivalled source of information and images covering the whole of modern astronomy. Its 130 articles written by experts form an absorbing panorama of information arranged by ...