Starting from Newton's times this follow-up to the author's Springer
book "Our Place in the Universe - Understanding Fundamental Astronomy
from Ancient Discoveries" addresses the question of "our place in the
Universe" from astronomical, physical, chemical, biological,
philosophical and social perspectives.
Using the history of astronomy to illustrate the process of discovery,
the emphasis is on the description of the process of how we learned and
on the exploration of the impacts of discoveries rather than on the
presentation of facts. Thus readers are informed of the influence of
science on a broad scale.
Unlike the traditional way of teaching science, in this book, the author
begins by describing the observations and then discusses various
attempts to find answers (including unsuccessful ones). The goal is to
help students develop a better appreciation of the scientific process
and learn from this process to tackle real-life problems.
