Author: John Louis Emil DreyerPublisher:
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A History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler
Author: John Louis Emil DreyerA History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler
Author: J. L. E. DreyerPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486600793
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Masterpiece of historical insight and scientific accuracy and the definitive work on Greek astronomy and the Copernican Revolution. Includes surveys of European and Islamic cosmologies of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
History of the Planetary Systems from Thales to Kepler
Author: John Louis Emil DreyerPublisher:
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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A History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler
Author: J. L. E. DreyerPublisher: Dover Publications
ISBN: 9780486600796
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This is the only detailed history of early astronomy available in English. Formerly published under the title History of the Planetary Systems from Thales to Kepler, it is recognized as a masterpiece of both historical insight and scientific accuracy. Beginning with the astronomical ideas of the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, and pre-philosophic Greeks (Homer and Hesiod), it moves up through Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Xenophanes, Parmenides, Heraclitus, Empedocles, Democritus, and other early Greek cosmologists. The Pythagoreans are considered next, with their occasionally remarkable anticipations of modernity, and then Plato’s astronomical thought. The enormously important system of concentric spheres for planets, usually associated with Eudoxus, is described in detail, followed by a discussion of Aristotle, Heraclides, and Aristarchus. The theory of epicycles — which held for almost 2,000 years — is then considered, with chapters on the dimensions of the world and the finished Ptolemaic system. Medieval European and Islamic cosmologies are then described in detail. Nicolas of Cusa, Regiomontanus, Calcagnini, and other transitional figures from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance are then followed by detailed chapters on Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler. “Standard reference on Greek astronomy and the Copernican revolution.” — Sky and Telescope. “A classical book in the field of the history of astronomy.”— Philosophy and Science.
A History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler, Formerly Entitled History of the Planetary Systems from Thales to Kepler
Author: John Louis Emil DreyerPublisher:
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
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A History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler ... by J.L.E. Dreyer. 2nd Edition. Revised with a Foreword by W.H. Stahl
Author: W. H. StahlA History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler Formerly Titled History of the Planatary Systems from Thales to Kepler
Author: J. L. E. DreyerA History of Astronomy
Author: Anton PannekoekPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486659941
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 562
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Well-balanced, carefully reasoned study covers such topics as Ptolemaic theory, work of Copernicus, Kepler, Newton, Eddington's work on stars, much more. Illustrated. References.
A history of astronomy of the planetary systems from Thales to Kepler
Author: J. L. E. DreyerHistory of the Planetary Systems from Thales to Kepler
Author: John Louis Emil DreyerPublisher:
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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