Pioneers of Science

Klappentext First published in 1893, this collection of lectures covers the landmark discoveries of astronomers from Aristotle to Kelvin. Zusammenfassung Compiled for the general reader and first published in 1893! this illustrated collection of lectures is a whistle-stop history of astronomical discoveries from the ancient world to the modern era. It includes concise explanations of theory in non-technical terms! biographical notes on significant astronomers! and more than a hundred illustrations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I: 1. Copernicus and the motion of the earth; 2. Tycho Brahe and the earliest observatory; 3. Kepler and the laws of planetary motion; 4. Galileo and the invention of the telescope; 5. Galileo and the inquisition; 6. Descartes and his theory of vortices; 7. Sir Isaac Newton; 8. Newton and the law of gravitation; 9. Newton's 'Principia'; Part II: 10. Roemer and Bradley and the velocity of light; 11. Lagrange and Laplace; 12. Herschel and the motion of the fixed stars; 13. The discovery of the asteroids; 14. Bessel - the distances of the stars, and the discovery of the stellar planets; 15. The discovery of Neptune; 16. Comets and meteors; 17. The tides; 18. The tides, and planetary evolution; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Oliver Lodge, Sir Oliver Lodge
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.06.2012
• EAN: 9781108052511
• ISBN: 978-1-108-05251-1
• No. of pages: 426
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Astronomy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, History of Science, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology