Edmond Halley : charting the heavens and the seas

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Edmond Halley : charting the heavens and the seas

Alan Cook

Clarendon, 1998

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Edmond Halley (1656-1742), MA, LLD, FRS, Capt. RN, Savillian Professor of Geometry and Astronomer Royal, stands pre-eminent among Oxford, English, and European scientists. A contemporary of Wren, Pepys, Hooke, Handel, Purcell, and Dryden, he was a schoolboy in London while the Great Fire raged, and was an active participant in the Enlightenment, an age of profound developments in all the arts and sciences. As a younger contemporary of Isaac Newton, he had a crucial part in the Newtonian revolution in the natural sciences. It was Halley who set the question that led Newton to write the Principia, and who edited, paid for, and reviewed it. In later years he applied the methods of the Principia widely in astronomy and geophysics. Now more widely known for his prediction of the return of "his" comet, Halley discovered the proper motion of stars, made important studies of the moon's motion, and his investigations of the Earth's magnetic field and of tides were unrialled for centuries. His prediction of the transit of Venus led to Cook's voyage to Tahiti. He was far more than an cloistered academic; his exploits as a naval captain led to perilous adventures, and he was also a notable servant of the State. Much material about his eventful career has come to light in recent years, making this a timely new account of the life, scientific interests, and continuing influence of this engaging and adventurous scholar. Sir Alan Cook has written a fascinating and illuminating account of Halley's life and science, making this a unique and highly readable biography of one of the key figures of his time.

目次

  • 1. Halley's world
  • 2. Formation of an astronomer
  • 3. Skies of the south
  • 4. Into Europe
  • 5. A wedding and two funerals
  • 6. Achilles produced
  • 7. Improving natural knowledge
  • 8. Celestial architecture
  • 9. Uses and practice of the contemplation of nature
  • 10. Far seas and new prospects
  • 11. Upon the Dalmation shore
  • 12. In the Savillian Chair
  • 13. The matter of the moon
  • 14. Astronomer royal
  • 15. The advancement of natural knowledge
  • Appendix 1: The eliptic orbit
  • Appendix 2: Genealogical notes
  • Appendix 3: The personal estate of Halley's father
  • Appendix 4: Chronology of Edmond Halley
  • Appendix 5: Determinaiton of positions from sextant observations
  • Appendix 6: Halley's verses prefixed to Principia
  • Appendix 7: Correspondence of Halley not listed by MacPike (1932)
  • Appendix 8: Halley's library
  • Appendix 9: The manuscript ULC RGO 1/74 and its implications
  • Appendix 10: Halley's memorial to the Emperor
  • Index

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