Perpustakaan Digital ITB

A childhood visit to a planetarium can be a defining moment, points out William Firebrace at the beginning of Star Theatre. A building that attempts both to model and explain the cosmos is often our first experience of the collision of science and entertainment. Star Theatre is a cultural history rather than a scientific one, but inevitably pivots on science communication. It offers fascinating insights into how astronomy has, through planetariums, evolved over the past century from a tool for education and personal improvement to a crowd-pleasing public spectacle.