Understanding the heavens : thirty centuries of astronomical ideas from ancient thinking to modern cosmology

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Understanding the heavens : thirty centuries of astronomical ideas from ancient thinking to modern cosmology

Jean-Claude Pecker ; edited by Susan Kaufman

Springer, c2001

  • hbk : alk.paper

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Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The author, a well-known astronomer himself, describes the evolution of astronomical ideas, touching only lightly on most of the instrumental developments. Richly illustrated, the book starts with the astronomical ideas of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian philosophers, moves on to the Greek period and then on to the golden age of astronomy, that of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler and Newton. Finally, Pecker concludes with modern theories of cosmology. Written with astronomy undergraduates in mind, this is a fascinating survey of astronomical thinking.

目次

Foreword.- Introduction and Perspectives.- Before the Classical Greek Period.- Classical Greek Astronomy.- Ptolemy's Astronomy Questioned.- The Period of Renaissance.- Dynamics Enters Astronomy: From Galileo to Newton.- From Pre-Galilean Astronomy to the Hubble Space Telescope and Beyond.- Modern Cosmolgy.- Cosmologies of Today and Tomorrow.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA52233887
  • ISBN
    • 3540631984
  • LCCN
    00024396
  • 出版国コード
    gw
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Berlin ; New York
  • ページ数/冊数
    xiii, 597 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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