The sun : one thousand years of scientific imagery /Katy Barrett and Harry Cliff.

"Dazzling, beautiful, powerful, mysterious - the Sun has fascinated people throghout history. This book charts our changing understanding of the Sun through a rich collection of scientific imagery: from a 10th-century manuscript drawing of an Earth-centred universe, to awe-inspiring close-ups of our turbulent star taken by orbiting spacecraft. Each image tells a story of evolving knowledge and techniques as well as the personal dedication of the theologians, artists and astronomers who made them."--Provided by the publisher.