Editing Astrophysics (section)

== Popularization ==
The roots of astrophysics can be found in the seventeenth century emergence of a unified physics, in which the same laws applied to the celestial and terrestrial realms.<ref name = Burtt>{{Citation | last = Burtt | first = Edwin Arthur | author-link = Edwin Arthur Burtt | publication-date = 2003 | orig-year = First published 1924 | title = The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Science | edition = second revised | publisher = Dover Publications | location = Mineola, NY | pages = 30, 41, 241–2 | isbn = 978-0-486-42551-1 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=G9WBMa1Rz_kC | year = 2003 }}</ref>  There were scientists who were qualified in both physics and astronomy who laid the firm foundation for the current science of astrophysics.  In modern times, students continue to be drawn to astrophysics due to its popularization by the [[Royal Astronomical Society]] and notable [[Science education|educators]] such as prominent professors [[Lawrence Krauss]], [[Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar]], [[Stephen Hawking]], [[Hubert Reeves]], [[Carl Sagan]] and [[Patrick Moore]]. The efforts of the early, late, and present scientists continue to attract young people to study the history and science of astrophysics.<ref>{{Cite web |author=D. Mark Manley |title=Famous Astronomers and Astrophysicists |url=http://cnr2.kent.edu/~manley/astronomers.html |publisher=[[Kent State University]] |date=2012 |access-date=2015-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=The science.ca team |title=Hubert Reeves – Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Science |url=http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientistprofile.php?pID=213 |publisher=GCS Research Society |date=2015 |access-date=2015-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Neil deGrasse Tyson |url=http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/ |publisher=[[Hayden Planetarium]] |date=2015 |access-date=2015-07-17}}</ref>
The television sitcom show ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' popularized the field of astrophysics with the general public, and featured some well known scientists like [[Stephen Hawking]] and [[Neil deGrasse Tyson]].