The cultural history of
stars.
The cultural
history of stars is about the historic
personalities involved in the discovery of stars
and theories about stars.
The idea that
stars are like our own sun but just very far away
came from came from a Greek philosopher Anaxagoras
in about 450 BC. Later is was also Another Greek
called Aristarchus of Samos, around 220 BC then in
AD 1590, Giordano Bruno suggested the same thing
but was burnt at the stake for the
suggestion.
further reading and reference:
Stanford
Solar Center
It was around
1860-63 A.D, England, that the beginning of
spectral analysis of stars was developed and
explored by Sir William Huggins (1824-1910)
The idea that
stars like our sun were big fusion reactions was
proposed by Sir Arthur Eddington
(1882-1944).
Stars are important
because our own the sun is a star. Although we
normally think of stars in the night sky . By
looking at stars we can discover how our own star,
the sun works. By knowing how are own star works
might help us avoid or prepare for possible dangers
(eg solar flares that can disrupt
communications)
Some types of stars
can be quite dangerous and if we can predict when
and where they are likely to be a problem we might
be able to be better prepared for possible
problems.
