CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 EUDOXUS OF CNIDUS I2 CHAPTER 2 ARISTOTLE 14 19 ARISTARCHUS OF SAMOS HIPPARCHUS PTOLEMY 2I 26 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8 CHAPTER 9 NICOLAUS COPERNICUS 3I 35 TYCHO BRAHE GALILEO JOHANNES KEPLER 40 45 CHAPTER 10 GIAN DOMENICO CASSINI 50 CHAPTER 11 CHRISTIAANHUYGENS 52 CHAPTER 12 ISAAC NEWTON 54 CHAPTER 13 EDMOND HALLEY 59 62 CHAPTER 14 WILLIAM HERSCHEL CHAPTER 15 PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE 64 66 CHAPTER 16 JOHN HERSCHEL CHAPTER 17 KONSTANTIN TSIOLKOVSKY 68 CHAPTER 18 ROBERT H GODDARD 70
CHAPTER 19 EDWIN POWELL HUBBLE 73 CHAPTER 20 HERMANN OBERTH 77 CHAPTER 21 JAN HENDRIK OORT 79 81 CHAPTER 22 GERARD PETER KUIPER CHAPTER 23 WERNHER VON BRAUN 85 88 CHAPTER 24 JAMES A VAN ALLEN CHAPTER 25 JOHN H GLENN JR CHAPTER 26 ALAN B SHEPARD JR 91 93 96 CHAPTER 27 BUZZ ALDRIN CHAPTER 28 NEIL ARMSTRONG IOO CHAPTER 29 JOHN W YOUNG 103 CHAPTER 30 MICHAEL COLLINS 106 CHAPTER 31 EDWARD H WHITE II 109 CHAPTER 32 YURY GAGARIN III CHAPTER 33 ALEKSEY ARKHIPOVICH LEONOV II4 CHAPTER 34 VALENTINA TERESHKOVA116 CHAPTER 35 ROBERT LAUREL CRIPPEN 119 CHAPTER 36 CHRISTA CORRIGAN MCAULIFFE I2I CHAPTER 37 SALLY RIDE 125
CONCLUSION 129 GLOSSARY 13I FOR MORE INFORMATION 133 FOR FURTHER READING 136 INDEX 137
