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Détails
| Format : | Livre |
|---|---|
| Tous les auteurs / collaborateurs : |
David Topper |
| ISBN : | 9780387710181 0387710183 9780387710198 0387710191 |
| Numéro OCLC : | 127107366 |
| Notes : | Popular treatment. |
| Description : | xiii, 210 p. : ill ; 25 cm. |
| Contenu : | Tenacity and stubbornness: Einstein on theory and experiment -- Convergence or coincidence: ancient measurements of the sun and moon, how far? -- The rationality of simplicity: Copernicus on planetary motion -- A silence of scientists: Venus's brightness, Earth's precession, and the nebula in Orion -- Progress through error: stars and quasars, how big, how far? -- The data fit the model but the model is wrong: Kepler and the structure of the cosmos -- Art illustrates science: Galileo, a blemished moon, and a parabola of blood -- Ensnared in circles: Galileo and the law of projectile motion -- Aesthetics and holism: Newton on light, color, and music -- Missing one's own discovery: Newton and the first idea of an artificial satellite -- A change of mind: Newton and the comet(s?) of 1680 and 1681 -- A well-nigh discovery: Einstein and the expanding universe. |
| Responsabilité : | David R. Topper. |
Critiques
Synopsis de l’éditeur
From the reviews: "This is a serious work of historical detection, in which Topper delves into the nitty-gritty of astronomical and cosmological theory production from Aristarchus to Einstein. ! The extensive list of notes and references at the ends of chapters underline the thoroughness of the research ! . I warmly commend this book ! ." (Colin Knappitt, Astronomy Now, February, 2008) "Topper treats us to a series of pen portraits of the intellectual endeavours of Ptolemy, Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, and Einstein. ! I got a great deal of pleasure from reading this fast-flowing, well-referenced, and refreshingly different book, and I was also introduced to many unfamiliar and thought-provoking aspects of the history of our subject's progress and the oddities of some of the major proponents of the past." (David W. Hughes, The Observatory, Vol. 128 (1203), 2008) "The chapters are self-contained, and include treatments of Einstein's occasional forays into experiment, Galileo's observations of the motion of sunspots, Newton's analysis of colour and Kepler's heroic efforts to account for the planetary orbits by solid geometry. ! the book has a certain academic charm. ! There are ample consolations here for the specialist, I'm sure ! . The author clearly loves this stuff, and his enthusiasm shines through. A reader who already shares that enthusiasm will get along fine with this book ! ." (Jon Turney, Times Higher Education, February, 2008) Lire la suite...
