A History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler write by J. L. E. Dreyer. This book was released on 1953-01-01. A History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Masterpiece of historical insight and scientific accuracy and the definitive work on Greek astronomy and the Copernican Revolution. Includes surveys of European and Islamic cosmologies of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
A History of Astronomy
A History of Astronomy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of Astronomy write by Anton Pannekoek. This book was released on 1989-01-01. A History of Astronomy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy
The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy write by James Evans. This book was released on 1998-10-01. The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy combines new scholarship with hands-on science to bring readers into direct contact with the work of ancient astronomers. While tracing ideas from ancient Babylon to sixteenth-century Europe, the book places its greatest emphasis on the Greek period, when astronomers developed the geometric and philosophical ideas that have determined the subsequent character of Western astronomy. The author approaches this history through the concrete details of ancient astronomical practice. Carefully organized and generously illustrated, the book can teach readers how to do real astronomy using the methods of ancient astronomers. For example, readers will learn to predict the next retrograde motion of Jupiter using either the arithmetical methods of the Babylonians or the geometric methods of Ptolemy. They will learn how to use an astrolabe and how to design sundials using Greek and Roman techniques. The book also contains supplementary exercises and patterns for making some working astronomical instruments, including an astrolabe and an equatorium. More than a presentation of astronomical methods, the book provides a critical look at the evidence used to reconstruct ancient astronomy. It includes extensive excerpts from ancient texts, meticulous documentation, and lively discussions of the role of astronomy in the various cultures. Accessible to a wide audience, this book will appeal to anyone interested in how our understanding of our place in the universe has changed and developed, from ancient times through the Renaissance.
The History of Astronomy
The History of Astronomy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The History of Astronomy write by Heather Couper. This book was released on 2009. The History of Astronomy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Traces the stories of humans interacting with the endless wonders of the night sky, beginning with the earliest superstitions and continuing through to the birth and development of the science of astronomy. The authors, both expert astronomers, researched 29 locations worldwide, from Beijing's ancient observatory to the observatory in Puerto Rico that searches for alien radio signals. They also interviewed 26 of the world's most esteemed astronomers, including Stephen Hawking. Covers such areas as: Australian Aborigines, Stonehenge, Polynesian navigators; Egyptian, Chinese and Babylonian astronomers, the Star of Bethlehem; Greek astronomers, early concepts of the Earth's shape and orbit; Galileo, Copernicus, the far universe; the Solar System and the movements of the planets; Newton, gravity, Halley; discovery of Uranus and Neptune, discovery and demotion of Pluto; what stars are made of and why they shine; Hubble, the cosmos, new galaxies, the Big Bang; pulsars, quasars and black holes; are we alone?--From publisher description.
History of Astronomy
History of Astronomy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook History of Astronomy write by George Forbes. This book was released on 1909. History of Astronomy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
