Author | Linton, C. M. (Christopher M.) |
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Title | From Eudoxus to Einstein : a history of mathematical astronomy / C.M. Linton |
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Imprint |
Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2004 |
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Descript |
xii, 516 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
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CONTENT
Spheres and circles -- The Ptolemaic universe -- Develpments in geocentric astronomy -- The heliocentric universe -- Tycho Brahe, Kepler, and the ellipse -- Galileo, the telescope, and Keplerian astronomy -- The universal theory of gravitation -- The asteroids and the outer planets -- New methods -- Mercury and relativity
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Astronomy -- Mathematics -- History
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