What Goes Up... Gravity and Scientific Method

Informationen zum Autor Peter Kosso is a philosopher of science. He taught physics at Montana State University, and taught philosophy first at Northwestern University, Illinois and then at Northern Arizona University. He is the author of Reading the Book of Nature, Appearance and Reality, and Knowing the Past, as well as numerous articles on relativity, quantum mechanics, astronomy, and scientific method. Klappentext This book explores the history of gravity, from Aristotle to Einstein, as a detailed case study for explaining scientific method for non-specialists. Zusammenfassung Following the history of gravity from Aristotle to Einstein! this clear account highlights the logic of scientific method and demonstrates how scientific ideas are developed! challenged and changed. Limited mathematics and clear explanations allow all those curious about gravity to gain a deeper understanding of gravity and how science works. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Forces and fields; 3. Basic Newtonian theory; 4. Gravity before Newton; 5. Early modern astronomy; 6. Connecting physics and astronomy; 7. Connecting kinematics and dynamics; 8. Testing the Newtonian theory; 9. Challenging the Newtonian theory; 10. Geometry and equivalence; 11. The general theory of relativity; 12. Testing the general theory of relativity; 13. Using the theory to explore the universe; 14. Dark matter; 15. The structure of scientific knowledge; Glossary; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Kosso, Peter (Northern Arizona University) Kosso, Kosso Peter
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.01.2017
• EAN: 9781107129856
• ISBN: 978-1-107-12985-6
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Psychologie, Kosmologie, Gravitation, Schwerkraft, Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Weltall, All, Kosmologie und das Universum, Gravity, Universum - Weltraum, Englische Bücher / Naturwissenschaften / Physik, Astronomie, SCIENCE / Physics / Gravity