LEADER 03636nam 22007935 450 001 9910460320703321 005 20210107025710.0 010 $a1-283-05865-0 010 $a9786613058652 010 $a0-226-84890-6 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226848907 035 $a(CKB)2670000000067187 035 $a(EBL)648157 035 $a(OCoLC)699510397 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000471238 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11284165 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000471238 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10427607 035 $a(PQKB)10750511 035 $a(DE-B1597)535607 035 $a(OCoLC)1109319695 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226848907 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC648157 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000067187 100 $a20200424h20101986 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMeasuring the Universe $eCosmic Dimensions from Aristarchus to Halley /$fAlbert Van Helden 210 1$aChicago : $cUniversity of Chicago Press, $d[2010] 210 4$dİ1986 215 $a1 online resource (213 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-84882-5 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Shared Expectations -- $t2. The Beginnings: Aristarchus and Hipparchus -- $t3. Ptolemy -- $t4. The Ptolemaic System Enshrined -- $t5. Copernicus and Tycho -- $t6. Young Kepler -- $t7. Galileo and the Telescope -- $t8. Kepler's Synthesis -- $t9. Gassendi, Hortensius, and the Transit of Mercury of 1631 -- $t10. From Horrocks to Riccioli -- $t11. The Micrometer from Huygens to Flamsteed -- $t12. Cassini, Flamsteed, and the New Measure -- $t13. The New Consensus and Halley's Legacy -- $t14. Conclusion: Measurement, Theory, and Speculation -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aMeasuring 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 Association 606 $aAstronomy 606 $aAstronomy -- History 606 $aAstronomy 606 $aCosmological distances 606 $aCosmological distances 606 $aHistory 606 $aAstronomy$xHistory 606 $aCosmological distances 606 $aAstronomy & Astrophysics$2HILCC 606 $aPhysical Sciences & Mathematics$2HILCC 606 $aAstronomy - General$2HILCC 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aAstronomy. 615 4$aAstronomy -- History. 615 4$aAstronomy. 615 4$aCosmological distances. 615 4$aCosmological distances. 615 4$aHistory. 615 0$aAstronomy$xHistory 615 0$aCosmological distances 615 7$aAstronomy & Astrophysics 615 7$aPhysical Sciences & Mathematics 615 7$aAstronomy - General 676 $a523.1 700 $aVan Helden$b Albert, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0907042 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460320703321 996 $aMeasuring the Universe$92028909 997 $aUNINA