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.
