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Author : John Kennedy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1762
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : PRNC:32101079837082
Author : John Kennedy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1762
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : UOM:39015073318704
Author : Arthur Berry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : UIUC:30112061393564
The author devotes his first three chapters to pre-Copernican astronomy, covering primitive views, the speculations of the Greek astronomers from Thales and Pythagoras to Hipparchus and Ptolemy, and the 900-year near-stagnation of the Middle Ages. Individual chapters covering both the lives and work of astronomy's great names -- Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Galileo, Kepler and Newton -- follow, will full discussions of the "De revolutionibus", the major telescopic discoveries, Newton's "Principia", the reception of and religious opposition to their revolutionary theories. The next section of the book is an unusually detailed treatment of post-Newtonian achievements: Halley's catalogues, Bradley's discovery of aberration and mutation, the mathematical contributions of Euler, d'Alembert, Lagrance and Laplace toward the solution of the problem of three bodies, the nebular hypothesis, and other advances in the observational and descriptive astonomy of the solar system. The final section is in large part a fascinating record of the shift of interest from the solar system to interstellar space: Herschel's great catalogues, the discovery of double stars, instrumental advances, Bessel's tables, the discovery of Nepture, tidal theory, the discovery of the asteroids, spectrum analysis, stellar photometry, theories on the development of the solar system and the birth of the moon and many similar topics.
Author : Samuel Vince
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1823
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : UOM:39015012331776
Author : Asger Aaboe
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2001-06-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 0387951369
Phenomena in the heavens are of great importance to many, and much of the lore of astronomy and astrology dates back to the earliest days of civilisation. The astronomy of the ancients is thus of interest not only as history but also as the basis for much of what is known or believed about the heavens today. This book discusses important topics in Babylonian and Greek astronomy.
Author : George Forbes
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 1330257693
Excerpt from History of Astronomy An attempt has been made in these pages to trace the evolution of intellectual thought in the progress of astronomical discovery, and, by recognising the different points of view of the different ages, to give due credit even to the ancients. No one can expect, in a history of astronomy of limited size, to find a treatise on "practical" or on "theoretical astronomy," nor a complete "descriptive astronomy," and still less a book on "speculative astronomy." Something of each of these is essential, however, for tracing the progress of thought and knowledge which it is the object of this History to describe. The progress of human knowledge is measured by the increased habit of looking at facts from new points of view, as much as by the accumulation of facts. The mental capacity of one age does not seem to differ from that of other ages; but it is the imagination of new points of view that gives a wider scope to that capacity. And this is cumulative, and therefore progressive. Aristotle viewed the solar system as a geometrical problem; Kepler and Newton converted the point of view into a dynamical one. Aristotle's mental capacity to understand the meaning of facts or to criticise a train of reasoning may have been equal to that of Kepler or Newton, but the point of view was different. Then, again, new points of view are provided by the invention of new methods in that system of logic which we call mathematics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Anton Pannekoek
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780486659947
Well-balanced, carefully reasoned study covers such topics as Ptolemaic theory, work of Copernicus, Kepler, Newton, Eddington's work on stars, much more. Illustrated. References.
Author : James Ferguson,Ebenezer Henderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Astronomers
ISBN : WISC:89097318141
Author : Christopher Kelly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1832
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0022901140
Author : William Shaw Caldecott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000554501
Author : David Leverington
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781447121244
The history of astronomy is, like most history, a multidimensional story, and when writing about a specific period, the author has to decide how to handle all the developments of earlier times in order to set the scene. I have done this by starting most chapters of the book with a summary of astronomical knowledge at the beginning of our chosen period, together with a brief review of how such knowledge had been gained. This story is not only interesting in itself, but it will also assist those readers that would appreciate a brief reminder of some of the basic elements of astronomy. It is also necessary to decide when to start our history. Should it be the year 1900 or 1890, or should it be linked to some key development or investigation, e. g. the discovery of the electron by J. J. Thomson in 1897, or the discovery of spectroscopic binary stars by Pickering and Vogel (independently) in 1889, or maybe the year 1890 in which Thomas Edison tried unsuccessfully to detect radio waves from the Sun and Johannes Rydberg published his formula for atomic spectra? I have, in fact, decided to start this history at about 1890, as it was the year of publication of the Draper Memorial Catalogue of stellar spectra which, together with its updates, provided essential data for the understanding of stellar spectra until well into the twentieth century. This date also gives a clear hundred years up to the present.
Author : Max Muller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1104887118
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author : Anne Rooney
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781508177005
This volume traces humanity's exploration of the heavens from Neolithic times to NASA. Moving beyond early superstitions and cosmology, scientific study began by first making calendars and predicting astronomical events. The invention of the telescope around 1600 marked a watershed in the field of astronomy. Since the first recognition that the planets are other worlds, the wonders of space have puzzled and enthralled us. With a wealth of full-color and archival images and a compelling narrative style, this text charts our fascination with stars from before Stonehenge to the search for exoplanets and extraterrestrial life.
Author : William Stroud
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368148263
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Author : James Boswell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Authors, English
ISBN : HARVARD:32044058222035