A while back I purchased an interesting old *astronomy* book on 'ebay' called 'Astronomy' by Fred Hoyle 'a history of man's investigation of the universe. A bargain at around $10.00 including postage!
I see that now that there is a new book out about the author called 'Fred Hoyle' the man who brought space down to Earth
Fred Hoyle
Can't wait to read it. Fred Hoyle was a man with vision. In his introduction in the
'Astronomy' book he says quote....
the wealthiest nations will continue indefinitely to spend appreciable fractions of their incomes on the firing of instruments into space...... I think space research, along with radio astronomy, will eventually reach an equilibrium in relation to more traditional methods, and I think that in this equilibrium the major part of astronomy will continue to advance in much the way it has done in the past. ....... I see astronomy as a continuing process, in which each new technique has a place in relation to the whole, but in which no particular technique overwhelms the rest.' Fred Hoyle