In the following passage from Great Astronomers by Robert Stewall Ball, the author states that he will trace the developments in
astronomy from the time of Ptolemy to the nineteenth century. Based on the content and style of the excerpt, what kind of audience did Ball primarily have in mind when he was writing this book?
<span>People with a casual interest in astronomy is the audience of the book by Ball. This is because the book is all about Great Astronomers. This book can inspire people who wants to discover things about astronomy and those people who want to become one in the future.</span>
The lineage of a word is called its etymology. It is <span>the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history.</span>
