Moving heaven and earth : Copernicus and the solar system

著者

• Henry, John

書誌事項

Moving heaven and earth : Copernicus and the solar system

John Henry

（Revolutions in science / series editor, Jon Turney）

Icon Books , Totem Books, 2001

注記

Includes bibliographical references

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Copernicus sowed the seed from which science has grown to be a dominant aspect of modern culture, fundamental in shaping our understanding of the workings of the cosmos. John Henry reveals why Copernicus was led to such a seemingly outrageous and inplausible idea as a swiftly moving Earth.

目次

Contents Acknowledgements 1 You'd Have to Be Crazy to Say the Earth Moves Science or insanity? Nothing new under the Sun Astronomy rules, OK? 2 Why Did Copernicus Say the Earth Moves? Heavenly orbs Science or art? Ptolemy and the decline of cosmology How to avoid a crisis: the medieval stand-off How to create a crisis: Nicolaus Copernicus, cosmologist 3 Who Was Copernicus? Why Copernicus? Life and times Renaissance man Renaissance mathematician 4 What Was the Reaction? Small beginnings Copernicus and the astronomers Copernicus and the Churches Copernicus and the Aristotelians 5 What Difference Did it Make? A world of difference One physics or two? How the Earth moves Space: the final frontier 6 Last Words Glossary Further Reading

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA73523761
• ISBN:
  • 1840462515
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Cambridge,[New York?]
• ページ数/冊数: 156 p.
• 大きさ: 18 cm
• 件名:
  • BLSH : Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543
  • BLSH : Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543 -- Influence
  • LCSH : Astronomy -- History -- 16th century
  • LCSH : Solar system
  • LCSH : Earth -- Orbit
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA53520942