History of Astronomy: A Very Short Introduction (e-bok)
avMichael Hoskin
ISBN: 9780191577734Astronomy, perhaps the first of the sciences, was already well developed by the time of Christ. Seventeen centuries later, after Newton showed that the movements of the planets could be explained in terms of gravitation, it became the paradigm for the mathematical sciences. In the nineteenth cent[...]
The History of Astronomy (Häftad)
avMichael Hoskin
ISBN: 9780192803061 - UTGIVEN: 200305This is a short history of astronomy, from pre-historic times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid-19th century. Amongst other things, it traces the development of the heliocentric thesis, from Ptolemy and his influences to Copernicus, via Islam.[...]
The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy (Häftad)
avMichael Hoskin
ISBN: 9780521576000 - UTGIVEN: 199903Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences, and one which has repeatedly led to fundamental changes in our view of the world. This book covers the history of our study of the cosmos from prehistory through to a survey of modern astronomy and astrophysics (sure to be of interest to future historians of [...]
Discoverers of the Universe (Inbunden)
avMichael Hoskin
ISBN: 9780691148335 - UTGIVEN: 201101"Discoverers of the Universe" tells the gripping story of William Herschel, the brilliant, fiercely ambitious, emotionally complex musician and composer who became court astronomer to Britain's King George III, and of William's sister, Caroline, who assisted him in his observations of the night sky [...]
