Walter Bryant

A History of Astronomy (Routledge Revivals) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1907, this title offers a comprehensive introduction to the steady development of the science since its inception in the ancient world up to the momentous progress of the nineteenth century. It includes biographical material relating to the most famous names in the study of astronomy - Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Herschel - and their contributions, clear and accessible discussions of key discoveries, as well as detailing the incremental steps in technology with which many of the turning points in astronomy were intimately bound up.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317752479
• Artikelnr.: 40824729

Autorenporträt

Bryant, Walter

Inhaltsangabe

1. Early Notions 2. He Eastern Nations of Antiquity 3. The Greeks 4. The Arabs 5. The Revival
Copernicus
Tycho Brahe 6. Kepler
Galileo 7. Newton 8. Newton's Successors: Laplace 9. Flamsteed
Halley
Bradley
Herschel 10. The Early Nineteenth Century
Neptune 11. Herschel
Bessel
Struve 12. Comets 13. The Sun
Eclipses
Parallax 14. General Astronomy and Celestial Mechanics 15. Observations and Instruments 16. Adjustment of Observations. Personal Errors 17. The Sun 18. Solar Spectroscopy 19. Solar Eclipses
Spectroscopy 20. The Moon 21. The Earth 22. The Interior Planets 23. Mars 24. Minor Planets 25. The Major Planets 26. The Solar System 27. Comets, Meteors, Zodiacal Light 28. The Stars
Catalogues
Proper Motion
Parallax
Magnitude 29. Double Stars 30. Variable Stars 31. Clusters
Nebulae
Milky Way 32. Stellar Spectroscopy 33. Conclusion