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Release : 1985
Genre : Astronomy
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Book Synopsis Under the Newton's Shadow by :
Download or read book Under the Newton's Shadow written by . This book was released on 1985. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lesley Murdin
Release : 1985
Genre : Art
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Book Synopsis Under Newton's Shadow, Astronomical Practices in the Seventeenth Century by : Lesley Murdin
Download or read book Under Newton's Shadow, Astronomical Practices in the Seventeenth Century written by Lesley Murdin. This book was released on 1985. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The influence of Newton and the Royal Society during the 17th century has always overshadowed the activities of other contemporary figures in astronomy. This book demonstrates the extent and significance of their particular contributions to observational astronomy, and to show how social, educational and economic factors affected their work. This survey of the characters and personal lives of British astronomers of the period - Edmond Halley, Robert Hooke, John Flamsteed and other less well known figures - will interest historians, astronomers, historians of science and astronomy, amateur astronomers, and the general reader.
Author : Günter D. Roth
Release : 2012-12-06
Genre : Science
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Book Synopsis Compendium of Practical Astronomy by : Günter D. Roth
Download or read book Compendium of Practical Astronomy written by Günter D. Roth. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a pleasure to present this work, which has been well received in German-speaking countries through four editions, to the English-speaking reader. We feel that this is a unique publication in that it contains valuable material that cannot easily-if at all-be found elsewhere. We are grateful to the authors for reading through the English version of the text, and for responding promptly (for the most part) to our queries. Several authors have supplied us, on their own initiative or at our suggestion, with revised and updated manuscripts and with supplementary English references. We have striven to achieve a translation of Handbuch for Sternfreunde which accurately presents the qualitative and quantitative scientific principles con tained within each chapter while maintaining the flavor of the original Ger man text. Where appropriate, we have inserted footnotes to clarify material which may have a different meaning and/or application in English-speaking countries from that in Germany. When the first English edition of this work, Astronomy: A Handbook (translated by the late A. Beer), appeared in 1975, it contained 21 chapters. This new edition is over twice the length and contains 28 authored chap ters in three volumes. At Springer's request, we have devised a new title, Compendium of Practical Astronomy, to more accurately reflect the broad spectrum of topics and the vast body of information contained within these pages.
Author : Michael Hunter
Release : 1995
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Science and the Shape of Orthodoxy by : Michael Hunter
Download or read book Science and the Shape of Orthodoxy written by Michael Hunter. This book was released on 1995. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his introduction Michael Hunter draws on these studies to propound a new theory of intellectual change in this key period. Traditionally it has been seen in terms of simple polarisations - modernity against obfuscation, orthodoxy against subversion. Here, it is argued that such polarisations represent influential but idealised extremes, to which thinkers individually responded; scholars must in future have due regard to the balance between ideal types and individual complexities thus revealed.
Author : John Fauvel
Release : 2000
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Oxford Figures by : John Fauvel
Download or read book Oxford Figures written by John Fauvel. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the intellectual and social life of a community, and of its interactions with the wider world. For 800 years mathematics has been researched and studied at Oxford, and the subject and its teaching have undergone profound changes during that time. This highly readable and beautifully illustrated book reveals the richness and influence of Oxford's mathematical tradition and the fascinating characters who helped to shape it. The story begins with the founding of the university of Oxford and the establishing of the medieval curriculum, in which mathematics had an important role. The Black Death, the advent of printing, the founding of the university of Cambridge, and the Newtonian revolution all had a great influence on the later development of mathematics at Oxford. So too did many well-known figures: Robert Boyle, Christopher Wren, Edmond Halley, Benjamin Jowett, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, G. H. Hardy, to name but a few. Later chapters bring us to the twentieth century, and the book ends with some entertaining reminiscences by Sir Michael Atiyah of the thirty years he spent as an Oxford mathematician.
