Agnes Mary Clerke and the rise of astrophysics / / M.T. Bruck |
Autore | Bruck M. T (Mary T.) |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 275 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina |
520/.92
B |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomers - Ireland
Astronomy - History - 19th century |
ISBN |
1-107-12478-6
0-511-01999-8 1-280-43371-X 9786610433711 0-511-17645-7 0-511-15727-4 0-511-32957-1 0-511-53652-6 0-511-04467-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Family background in County Cork -- Ireland and Italy -- London, the literary scene -- The History of astronomy -- A circle of astronomers -- A visit to South Africa -- The System of the stars -- Social life in scientific circles -- Homer, the Herschels and a revised History -- The opinion moulder -- Popularisation, cryogenics and evolution -- Problems in astrophysics -- Women in astronomy in Britain in Agnes Clerke's time -- Revised System of the stars -- Cosmogonies, cosmology and nature's spiritual clues -- Last days and retrospect. |
Altri titoli varianti | Agnes Mary Clerke & the rise of astrophysics |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814611203321 |
Bruck M. T (Mary T.) | ||
Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Agnes Mary Clerke and the rise of astrophysics / / M.T. Brück [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Brück M. T (Mary T.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 275 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 520/.92 |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomers - Ireland
Astronomy - History - 19th century |
ISBN |
1-107-12478-6
0-511-01999-8 1-280-43371-X 9786610433711 0-511-17645-7 0-511-15727-4 0-511-32957-1 0-511-53652-6 0-511-04467-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Family background in County Cork -- Ireland and Italy -- London, the literary scene -- The History of astronomy -- A circle of astronomers -- A visit to South Africa -- The System of the stars -- Social life in scientific circles -- Homer, the Herschels and a revised History -- The opinion moulder -- Popularisation, cryogenics and evolution -- Problems in astrophysics -- Women in astronomy in Britain in Agnes Clerke's time -- Revised System of the stars -- Cosmogonies, cosmology and nature's spiritual clues -- Last days and retrospect. |
Altri titoli varianti | Agnes Mary Clerke & the Rise of Astrophysics |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455607403321 |
Brück M. T (Mary T.) | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Agnes Mary Clerke and the rise of astrophysics / / M.T. Brück [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Brück M. T (Mary T.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 275 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 520/.92 |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomers - Ireland
Astronomy - History - 19th century |
ISBN |
1-107-12478-6
0-511-01999-8 1-280-43371-X 9786610433711 0-511-17645-7 0-511-15727-4 0-511-32957-1 0-511-53652-6 0-511-04467-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Family background in County Cork -- Ireland and Italy -- London, the literary scene -- The History of astronomy -- A circle of astronomers -- A visit to South Africa -- The System of the stars -- Social life in scientific circles -- Homer, the Herschels and a revised History -- The opinion moulder -- Popularisation, cryogenics and evolution -- Problems in astrophysics -- Women in astronomy in Britain in Agnes Clerke's time -- Revised System of the stars -- Cosmogonies, cosmology and nature's spiritual clues -- Last days and retrospect. |
Altri titoli varianti | Agnes Mary Clerke & the Rise of Astrophysics |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780251303321 |
Brück M. T (Mary T.) | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Cambridge companion to Galileo / / edited by Peter Machamer [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 462 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 520/.92 |
Collana | Cambridge companions to philosophy |
Soggetto topico | Science - Philosophy - History |
ISBN |
1-139-81570-9
1-139-00059-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Galileo's Pisan studies in science and philosophy / William A. Wallace -- Galileo's machines, his mathematics, and his experiments / Peter Machamer -- Use and abuse of mathematical entities / Rivka Feldhay -- Inertial problems in Galileo's preinertial framework / Wallace Hooper -- From Galileo to Augustine / Pietro Redondi -- Galileo's Copernicanism / William Shea -- Galileo's discoveries with the telescope and their evidence for the Copernican theory / Noel M. Swerdlow -- Galileo on science and Scripture / Ernan McMullin -- Could there be another Galileo case? / Richard Blackwell -- God of theologians and the god of astronomers / Marcello Pera -- Never-ending Galileo story / Michael Segre -- Sepulchers of Galileo / Paolo Galluzzi. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996205066403316 |
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1998 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Copernicus and his successors / / Edward Rosen |
Autore | Rosen Edward <1906-1985, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Rio Grande : , : Hambledon Press, , 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
Disciplina | 520/.92 |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomers - Poland - Biography
Astronomy, Medieval |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4725-9880-6
1-282-70993-3 9786612709937 0-8264-4110-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Aristarchus of Samos and Copernicus; 2 Was Copernicus a Pythagorean?; 3 Copernicus' Quotation from Sophocles; 4 The Alfonsine Table and Copernicus: (with the Assistance of Erna Hilf stein); 5 Copernicus and Al-Bitruji; 6 Copernicus' Alleged Priesthood; 7 Copernicus was not a 'Happy Notary': (with the Assistance of Erna Hilf stein); 8 Copernicus' Attitude toward the Common People; 9 Copernicus' Earliest Astronomical Treatise (with Erna Hilfstein); 10 Copernicus on the Phases and the Light of the Planets; 11 Copernicus' Axioms
12 When did Copernicus Write the Revolutions?13 Copernicus' Spheres and Epicycles; 14 Copernicus and his Relation to Italian Science; 15 Nicholas Copernicus and Giorgio Valla; 16 Was Copernicus' Revolutions Approved by the Pope; 17 Calvin's Attitude towards Copernicus; 18 The First Map to Show the Earth in Rotation; 19 Galileo the Copernican; 20 Galileo's Misstatements about Copernicus; 21 Was Copernicus' Revolutions Annotated by Tycho Brahe?; 22 Kepler and the Lutheran Attitude towards Copernicus; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459019803321 |
Rosen Edward <1906-1985, > | ||
London ; ; Rio Grande : , : Hambledon Press, , 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Copernicus and his successors / / Edward Rosen |
Autore | Rosen Edward <1906-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Rio Grande : , : Hambledon Press, , 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
Disciplina | 520/.92 |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomers - Poland - Biography
Astronomy, Medieval |
ISBN |
1-4725-9880-6
1-282-70993-3 9786612709937 0-8264-4110-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Aristarchus of Samos and Copernicus; 2 Was Copernicus a Pythagorean?; 3 Copernicus' Quotation from Sophocles; 4 The Alfonsine Table and Copernicus: (with the Assistance of Erna Hilf stein); 5 Copernicus and Al-Bitruji; 6 Copernicus' Alleged Priesthood; 7 Copernicus was not a 'Happy Notary': (with the Assistance of Erna Hilf stein); 8 Copernicus' Attitude toward the Common People; 9 Copernicus' Earliest Astronomical Treatise (with Erna Hilfstein); 10 Copernicus on the Phases and the Light of the Planets; 11 Copernicus' Axioms
12 When did Copernicus Write the Revolutions?13 Copernicus' Spheres and Epicycles; 14 Copernicus and his Relation to Italian Science; 15 Nicholas Copernicus and Giorgio Valla; 16 Was Copernicus' Revolutions Approved by the Pope; 17 Calvin's Attitude towards Copernicus; 18 The First Map to Show the Earth in Rotation; 19 Galileo the Copernican; 20 Galileo's Misstatements about Copernicus; 21 Was Copernicus' Revolutions Annotated by Tycho Brahe?; 22 Kepler and the Lutheran Attitude towards Copernicus; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784903903321 |
Rosen Edward <1906-> | ||
London ; ; Rio Grande : , : Hambledon Press, , 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Copernicus and his successors / / Edward Rosen |
Autore | Rosen Edward <1906-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Rio Grande : , : Hambledon Press, , 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
Disciplina | 520/.92 |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomers - Poland - Biography
Astronomy, Medieval |
ISBN |
1-4725-9880-6
1-282-70993-3 9786612709937 0-8264-4110-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Aristarchus of Samos and Copernicus; 2 Was Copernicus a Pythagorean?; 3 Copernicus' Quotation from Sophocles; 4 The Alfonsine Table and Copernicus: (with the Assistance of Erna Hilf stein); 5 Copernicus and Al-Bitruji; 6 Copernicus' Alleged Priesthood; 7 Copernicus was not a 'Happy Notary': (with the Assistance of Erna Hilf stein); 8 Copernicus' Attitude toward the Common People; 9 Copernicus' Earliest Astronomical Treatise (with Erna Hilfstein); 10 Copernicus on the Phases and the Light of the Planets; 11 Copernicus' Axioms
12 When did Copernicus Write the Revolutions?13 Copernicus' Spheres and Epicycles; 14 Copernicus and his Relation to Italian Science; 15 Nicholas Copernicus and Giorgio Valla; 16 Was Copernicus' Revolutions Approved by the Pope; 17 Calvin's Attitude towards Copernicus; 18 The First Map to Show the Earth in Rotation; 19 Galileo the Copernican; 20 Galileo's Misstatements about Copernicus; 21 Was Copernicus' Revolutions Annotated by Tycho Brahe?; 22 Kepler and the Lutheran Attitude towards Copernicus; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824291803321 |
Rosen Edward <1906-> | ||
London ; ; Rio Grande : , : Hambledon Press, , 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Galileo : a very short introduction / / Stillman Drake |
Autore | Drake Stillman |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations, facsimilies, portraits |
Disciplina |
520/.92
B |
Collana | A very short introduction |
Soggetto topico | Astronomers - Italy |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-154051-X
1-283-09771-0 9786613097712 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 The background -- 2 Galileo's early years -- 3 Conflicts with philosophers -- 4 Conflicts with astronomers and theologians -- 5 The Dialogue and the Inquisition -- 6 The final years -- Further reading -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458880103321 |
Drake Stillman | ||
Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Galileo : a very short introduction / / Stillman Drake |
Autore | Drake Stillman |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations, facsimilies, portraits |
Disciplina |
520/.92
B |
Collana | A very short introduction |
Soggetto topico | Astronomers - Italy |
ISBN |
0-19-154051-X
1-283-09771-0 9786613097712 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 The background -- 2 Galileo's early years -- 3 Conflicts with philosophers -- 4 Conflicts with astronomers and theologians -- 5 The Dialogue and the Inquisition -- 6 The final years -- Further reading -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792109003321 |
Drake Stillman | ||
Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Galileo : a very short introduction / / Stillman Drake |
Autore | Drake Stillman |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations, facsimilies, portraits |
Disciplina |
520/.92
B |
Collana | A very short introduction |
Soggetto topico | Astronomers - Italy |
ISBN |
0-19-154051-X
1-283-09771-0 9786613097712 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 The background -- 2 Galileo's early years -- 3 Conflicts with philosophers -- 4 Conflicts with astronomers and theologians -- 5 The Dialogue and the Inquisition -- 6 The final years -- Further reading -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825292403321 |
Drake Stillman | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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