03306nam 22005775 450 991078569740332120220416003514.01-283-05865-097866130586520-226-84890-610.7208/9780226848907(CKB)2670000000067187(EBL)648157(OCoLC)699510397(SSID)ssj0000471238(PQKBManifestationID)11284165(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000471238(PQKBWorkID)10427607(PQKB)10750511(DE-B1597)535607(OCoLC)1109319695(DE-B1597)9780226848907(MiAaPQ)EBC648157(EXLCZ)99267000000006718720200424h20101986 fg 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrMeasuring the Universe Cosmic Dimensions from Aristarchus to Halley /Albert Van HeldenChicago :University of Chicago Press,[2010]©19861 online resource (213 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-84882-5 Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --1. Shared Expectations --2. The Beginnings: Aristarchus and Hipparchus --3. Ptolemy --4. The Ptolemaic System Enshrined --5. Copernicus and Tycho --6. Young Kepler --7. Galileo and the Telescope --8. Kepler's Synthesis --9. Gassendi, Hortensius, and the Transit of Mercury of 1631 --10. From Horrocks to Riccioli --11. The Micrometer from Huygens to Flamsteed --12. Cassini, Flamsteed, and the New Measure --13. The New Consensus and Halley's Legacy --14. Conclusion: Measurement, Theory, and Speculation --Notes --Bibliography --IndexMeasuring the Universe is the first history of the evolution of cosmic dimensions, from the work of Eratosthenes and Aristarchus in the third century B.C. to the efforts of Edmond Halley (1656-1742). "Van Helden's authoritative treatment is concise and informative; he refers to numerous sources of information, draws on the discoveries of modern scholarship, and presents the first book-length treatment of this exceedingly important branch of science."-Edward Harrison, American Journal of Physics "Van Helden writes well, with a flair for clear explanation. I warmly recommend this book."-Colin A. Ronan, Journal of the British Astronomical AssociationAstronomyHistoryCosmological distancescosmic, interdimensional, philosophy, philosophical, academic, scholarly, aristarchus, halley, history, historical, philosopher, eratosthenes, ancient, antiquity, international, global, bc, third century, ptolemy, cosmos, galileo, kepler, copernicus, mercury, speculation, astronomy, astronomer, horrocks, synthesis, cassini, flamsteed, textbook, college, university.AstronomyHistoryCosmological distances523.1Van Helden Albertauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1521745DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910785697403321Measuring the Universe3761114UNINA