Understanding the Heavens: Thirty Centuries of Astronomical Ideas from Ancient Thinking to Modern CosmologySpringer Science & Business Media, 24 kwi 2001 - 597 Astronomy is the oldest and most fundamental of the natural sciences. From the early beginnings of civilization astronomers have attempted to explain not only what the Universe is and how it works, but also how it started, how it evolved to the present day, and how it will develop in the future. The author, a well-known astronomer himself, describes the evolution of astronomical ideas, briefly discussing most of the instrumental developments. Using numerous figures to elucidate the mechanisms involved, the book starts with the astronomical ideas of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian philosophers, moves on to the Greek period, and then to the golden age of astronomy, i.e. to Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton, and ends with modern theories of cosmology. Written with undergraduate students in mind, this book gives a fascinating survey of astronomical thinking. |
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Strona 1
... perhaps even at the layman . Whenever a fact is presented , a demonstration is given , in the most simple , but rigor- ous , mathematical terms that can be used . Figures are as explicit as pos- sible . Difficult quoted texts , or ...
... perhaps even at the layman . Whenever a fact is presented , a demonstration is given , in the most simple , but rigor- ous , mathematical terms that can be used . Figures are as explicit as pos- sible . Difficult quoted texts , or ...
Strona 2
... Perhaps in fact , we should not use the word paradigm for the whole set of para- digms , but a word such as doctrine . The Copernican doctrine then con- sists of several paradigms , some of them still of an Aristotelian origin , or even ...
... Perhaps in fact , we should not use the word paradigm for the whole set of para- digms , but a word such as doctrine . The Copernican doctrine then con- sists of several paradigms , some of them still of an Aristotelian origin , or even ...
Strona 6
... perhaps to the very extent to which it implied a rebellion against the menace of a tyrannical Roman papacy . These thinkers , priests but also astronomers such as Nicola da Cusa ( 1401-1464 ) , Georg Peurbach ( 1423-1461 ) , and ...
... perhaps to the very extent to which it implied a rebellion against the menace of a tyrannical Roman papacy . These thinkers , priests but also astronomers such as Nicola da Cusa ( 1401-1464 ) , Georg Peurbach ( 1423-1461 ) , and ...
Strona 7
... perhaps in a very determinant way , by the mystical verse of Marsile Ficino such as the poet's work De Sole , published in 1492 . On the one hand , we see in Northern Europe , the emergence of Coper- nicus's almost dogmatic statements ...
... perhaps in a very determinant way , by the mystical verse of Marsile Ficino such as the poet's work De Sole , published in 1492 . On the one hand , we see in Northern Europe , the emergence of Coper- nicus's almost dogmatic statements ...
Strona 10
... perhaps I should put each of these three names between quotation marks . I will speak of " Pythagoras , " of " Plato , " of " Aristotle . " Certainly , for all three of them , though the body of their thought is broad , sometimes ...
... perhaps I should put each of these three names between quotation marks . I will speak of " Pythagoras , " of " Plato , " of " Aristotle . " Certainly , for all three of them , though the body of their thought is broad , sometimes ...
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VI | 15 |
VII | 21 |
VIII | 22 |
IX | 27 |
X | 29 |
XI | 32 |
XII | 36 |
XIII | 38 |
XCII | 269 |
XCIII | 271 |
XCIV | 274 |
XCV | 277 |
XCVI | 278 |
XCVII | 279 |
XCVIII | 283 |
XCIX | 284 |
XIV | 40 |
XV | 42 |
XVI | 47 |
XVII | 49 |
XVIII | 55 |
XIX | 58 |
XX | 59 |
XXI | 60 |
XXII | 63 |
XXIII | 69 |
XXIV | 70 |
XXV | 77 |
XXVI | 78 |
XXVII | 79 |
XXVIII | 81 |
XXIX | 83 |
XXX | 84 |
XXXI | 85 |
XXXII | 86 |
XXXIII | 87 |
XXXIV | 88 |
XXXV | 89 |
XXXVI | 91 |
XXXVII | 94 |
XXXVIII | 95 |
XXXIX | 96 |
XL | 97 |
XLI | 101 |
XLII | 103 |
XLIII | 108 |
XLIV | 109 |
XLV | 111 |
XLVI | 113 |
XLVII | 116 |
XLVIII | 121 |
XLIX | 123 |
L | 126 |
LI | 129 |
LII | 131 |
LIII | 132 |
LIV | 133 |
LV | 134 |
LVI | 137 |
LVII | 139 |
LVIII | 140 |
LIX | 141 |
LX | 142 |
LXI | 143 |
LXII | 150 |
LXIII | 155 |
LXIV | 165 |
LXV | 168 |
LXVI | 179 |
LXVII | 187 |
LXVIII | 190 |
LXIX | 191 |
LXX | 195 |
LXXI | 202 |
LXXII | 208 |
LXXIII | 210 |
LXXIV | 212 |
LXXV | 214 |
LXXVI | 218 |
LXXVII | 226 |
LXXVIII | 227 |
LXXIX | 228 |
LXXX | 232 |
LXXXI | 233 |
LXXXII | 234 |
LXXXIII | 242 |
LXXXIV | 250 |
LXXXV | 253 |
LXXXVI | 255 |
LXXXVII | 257 |
LXXXVIII | 259 |
LXXXIX | 266 |
XC | 267 |
XCI | 268 |
C | 285 |
CI | 286 |
CII | 290 |
CIII | 294 |
CIV | 296 |
CV | 297 |
CVI | 304 |
CVII | 309 |
CVIII | 310 |
CIX | 323 |
CX | 327 |
CXI | 328 |
CXII | 329 |
CXIII | 332 |
CXIV | 334 |
CXV | 353 |
CXVI | 355 |
CXVII | 358 |
CXVIII | 359 |
CXIX | 365 |
CXX | 367 |
CXXI | 368 |
CXXII | 370 |
CXXIII | 372 |
CXXIV | 373 |
CXXV | 375 |
CXXVI | 382 |
CXXVII | 383 |
CXXVIII | 384 |
CXXIX | 387 |
CXXX | 394 |
CXXXI | 395 |
CXXXII | 407 |
CXXXIII | 408 |
CXXXIV | 413 |
CXXXV | 415 |
CXXXVI | 417 |
CXXXVII | 420 |
CXXXVIII | 425 |
CXXXIX | 427 |
CXL | 428 |
CXLI | 434 |
CXLII | 439 |
CXLIII | 441 |
CXLIV | 442 |
CXLV | 445 |
CXLVI | 450 |
CXLVII | 458 |
CXLVIII | 461 |
CXLIX | 462 |
CL | 472 |
CLI | 474 |
CLII | 476 |
CLIII | 478 |
CLIV | 479 |
CLV | 483 |
CLVI | 486 |
CLVII | 488 |
CLVIII | 492 |
CLIX | 494 |
CLX | 497 |
CLXII | 498 |
CLXIII | 505 |
CLXV | 512 |
CLXVI | 524 |
CLXVII | 527 |
CLXIX | 528 |
CLXX | 531 |
CLXXI | 532 |
CLXXIII | 536 |
CLXXIV | 539 |
CLXXV | 541 |
CLXXVI | 549 |
CLXXVII | 555 |
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