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Planetary Systems from the Ancient Greeks to Kepler

Theodor S Jacobsen

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Description:However deficient by modern standards was the astronomical knowledge of most early astronomers, one never ceases to wonder at the completeness and precision of some of their results, derived as they were from inaccurate observations made with the naked eye or with crude instruments. The main results of astronomy that could be discovered by the naked eye actually were discovered by the best ancient observers. Planetary Systems from the Ancient Greeks to Kepler describes the detailed technical models whereby astronomers prior to Newton accounted for their observations.Unlike histories of science that focus on the influence of great ideas, this book presents the actual substance of those ideas and details their elaboration and development.The exposition is as geometrical as possible, reflecting the original style of the ancients. The first chapter presents the general body of observational astronomy known to the ancients and forming the subject of their explanatory endeavors. Each of the following chapters concentrates on the work of a single astronomer -- Eudoxus, Hipparchus, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Tycho, and Kepler -- and provides biographical details, a detailed exposition of his astronomical system, and some evaluation of the astronomer's role in the history of astronomy.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Planetary Systems from the Ancient Greeks to Kepler. To get started finding Planetary Systems from the Ancient Greeks to Kepler, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 304

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Release: 2018

ISBN: 0295997591

Description: However deficient by modern standards was the astronomical knowledge of most early astronomers, one never ceases to wonder at the completeness and precision of some of their results, derived as they were from inaccurate observations made with the naked eye or with crude instruments. The main results of astronomy that could be discovered by the naked eye actually were discovered by the best ancient observers. Planetary Systems from the Ancient Greeks to Kepler describes the detailed technical models whereby astronomers prior to Newton accounted for their observations.Unlike histories of science that focus on the influence of great ideas, this book presents the actual substance of those ideas and details their elaboration and development.The exposition is as geometrical as possible, reflecting the original style of the ancients. The first chapter presents the general body of observational astronomy known to the ancients and forming the subject of their explanatory endeavors. Each of the following chapters concentrates on the work of a single astronomer -- Eudoxus, Hipparchus, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Tycho, and Kepler -- and provides biographical details, a detailed exposition of his astronomical system, and some evaluation of the astronomer's role in the history of astronomy.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Planetary Systems from the Ancient Greeks to Kepler. To get started finding Planetary Systems from the Ancient Greeks to Kepler, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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