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Moving Heaven and Earth (Icon Science)
Copernicus and the Solar System
Taschenbuch von John Henry
Sprache: Englisch

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Beschreibung
An insight into the fundamental workings of the cosmos.
An insight into the fundamental workings of the cosmos.
Über den Autor
John Henry is a senior lecturer in Science Studies at Edinburgh University. He is the author of Knowledge is Power.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781785782695
ISBN-10: 178578269X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Henry, John
Hersteller: Icon Books
Maße: 129 x 196 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: John Henry
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.12.2017
Gewicht: 0,172 kg
Artikel-ID: 109574133
Über den Autor
John Henry is a senior lecturer in Science Studies at Edinburgh University. He is the author of Knowledge is Power.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781785782695
ISBN-10: 178578269X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Henry, John
Hersteller: Icon Books
Maße: 129 x 196 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: John Henry
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.12.2017
Gewicht: 0,172 kg
Artikel-ID: 109574133
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