General History of Astronomy v2a - Brossura

Taton, R.

 
9780521542050: General History of Astronomy v2a
Brossura
ISBN 10: 0521542057 ISBN 13: 9780521542050
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Sinossi

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.

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Editore
Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione
2008
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0521542057
ISBN 13 
9780521542050
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
300
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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