Planetary Astronomy from the Renaissance to the Rise of Astrophysics, Part A, Tycho Brahe to Newton - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0521242541 ISBN 13: 9780521242547

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1989

Riassunto

The history of astronomy has never been tackled on this scale and depth and this major synthesis breaks wholly new ground.

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Descrizione del libro

The history of astronomy has never been tackled on this scale and depth and this major synthesis breaks wholly new ground. The individual chapters of each volume have been prepared by leading experts in every field of the history of astronomy.

Contenuti

Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Tycho, Gilbert and Kepler: Part II. The Impact of the Telescope: Part III. Planetary, Lunar and Cometary Theories Between Kepler and Newton: Part IV. The Newtonian Achievement in Astronomy: Glossary of technical terms; Illustrations: acknowledgements and sources; Index; Part V. Early Phases in the Reception of Newton's Theory: Part VI. Celestial Mechanics During the Eighteenth Century: Part VII. Observational Astronomy and the Application of Theory in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries: Part VIII. The Development of Theory During the Nineteenth Century: Part IX. The Application of Celestial Mechanics to the Solar System to the End of the Nineteenth Century.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521242541
• ISBN 13: 9780521242547
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 304
• Redattore: Taton R., Wilson C.
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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