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Measuring the Universe : Cosmic Dimensions from Aristarchus to Halley / / Albert Van Helden
| Measuring the Universe : Cosmic Dimensions from Aristarchus to Halley / / Albert Van Helden |
| Autore | Van Helden Albert |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2010] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (213 p.) |
| Disciplina | 523.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Astronomy -- History Cosmological distances History Astronomy - History Astronomy & Astrophysics Physical Sciences & Mathematics Astronomy - General |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-05865-0
9786613058652 0-226-84890-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- 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 -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460320703321 |
Van Helden Albert
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| Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2010] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Measuring the Universe : Cosmic Dimensions from Aristarchus to Halley / / Albert Van Helden
| Measuring the Universe : Cosmic Dimensions from Aristarchus to Halley / / Albert Van Helden |
| Autore | Van Helden Albert |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2010] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (213 p.) |
| Disciplina | 523.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy - History
Cosmological distances |
| Soggetto non controllato | cosmic, 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 |
| ISBN |
1-283-05865-0
9786613058652 0-226-84890-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785697403321 |
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Van Helden Albert
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| Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2010] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Measuring the Universe : Cosmic Dimensions from Aristarchus to Halley / / Albert Van Helden
| Measuring the Universe : Cosmic Dimensions from Aristarchus to Halley / / Albert Van Helden |
| Autore | Van Helden Albert |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2010] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (213 p.) |
| Disciplina | 523.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy - History
Cosmological distances |
| ISBN |
9786613058652
9781283058650 1283058650 9780226848907 0226848906 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910959589203321 |
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Van Helden Albert
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| Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2010] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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