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Author : Harlow Shapley
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674821859
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (218 download)
Download or read book Source Book in Astronomy written by Harlow Shapley and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kirtley Fletcher Mather
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674822757
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (227 download)
Download or read book Source Book in Geology, 1900-1950 written by Kirtley Fletcher Mather and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, find source literature for the most important contributions to the remarkable recent expansion of geological knowledge. Excerpted are 65 articles on topics including the constitution of Earth's interior, earthquakes, radioactive timekeepers, submarine features and deep-sea cores, entrapment of petroleum, and crystal structure.
Author : Henry Marshall Leicester
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674822306
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)
Download or read book A Source Book in Chemistry, 1400-1900 written by Henry Marshall Leicester and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1952 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of important writings in the history of chemistry from 1400-1900, each with an introduction by the editors.
Author : Harlow Shapley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (54 download)
Download or read book A Source Book in Astronomy written by Harlow Shapley and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Grant
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674823600
Total Pages : 890 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (236 download)
Download or read book A Source Book in Medieval Science written by Edward Grant and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1974 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Source Book explores a millennium of European scientific thought accompanied by critical commentary and annotation; nearly half the selections appear for the first time in the vernacular. Representing "science" in the medieval sense, selections include alchemy, astrology, logic, and theology as well as mathematics, physics, and biology.
Author : George Kish
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674822702
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (227 download)
Download or read book A Source Book in Geography written by George Kish and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents geographical writings, chronologically arranged, with a wealth of material from non-Western sources. Each section is introduced by the editor.
Author : D. J. Struik
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674823556
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (235 download)
Download or read book A Source Book in Mathematics, 1200-1800 written by D. J. Struik and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kenneth R. Lang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 954 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)
Download or read book A Source Book in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1900-1975 written by Kenneth R. Lang and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume readers can rediscover A.S. Eddington's elegant proof of the virial theorem for star clusters, Walter Baade and Fritz Zwicky's 1932 proposal for the existence of neutron stars, and Thomas Gold's forecast of collapsed stars as radio sources. They can reread, in the words of the canyons, pulsars, interstellar hydrogen cosmic magnetic fields, quasars, and remnant background radiation of the primeval big bang.
Author : John North
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226594416
Total Pages : 903 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)
Download or read book Cosmos written by John North and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-07-15 with total page 903 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive history of humanity's search to find its place within the universe. North charts the history of astronomy and cosmology from the Paleolithic period to the present day.
Author : Giora Shaviv
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642283853
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)
Download or read book The Synthesis of the Elements written by Giora Shaviv and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-04-13 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the origins and evolution of the chemical elements we and the cosmos are made of. The story starts with the discovery of the common elements on Earth and their subsequent discovery in space. How do we learn the composition of the distant stars? How did progress in quantum theory, nuclear physics, spectroscopy, stellar structure and evolution, together with observations of stars, converge to provide an incredibly detailed picture of the universe? How does research in the micro-world explain the macro-world? How does progress in one affect the other, or lack of knowledge in one inhibit progress in the other? In short, Shaviv describes how we discovered the various pieces of the jigsaw that form our present picture of the universe; and how we sometimes put these in the wrong place before finding in the right one. En route we meet some fascinating personalities and learn about heated controversies. Shaviv shows how science lurched from one dogma to the next, time and again shattering much of what had been considered solid knowledge, until eventually a stable understanding arose. Beginning with generally accepted science, the book ends in today’s terra incognita of nuclear physics, astrophysics and cosmology. A monumental work that will fascinate scientists, philosophers, historians and lay readers alike.
Author : Jean-Louis Tassoul
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691165920
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book A Concise History of Solar and Stellar Physics written by Jean-Louis Tassoul and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-05 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive overview of the history of ideas about the sun and the stars, from antiquity to modern times. Two theoretical astrophysicists who have been active in the field since the early 1960s tell the story in fluent prose. About half of the book covers most of the theoretical research done from 1940 to the close of the twentieth century, a large body of work that has to date been little explored by historians. The first chapter, which outlines the period from about 3000 B.C. to 1700 A.D., shows that at every stage in history human beings have had a particular understanding of the sun and stars, and that this has continually evolved over the centuries. Next the authors systematically address the immense mass of observations astronomy accumulated from the early seventeenth century to the early twentieth. The remaining four chapters examine the history of the field from the physicists perspective, the emphasis being on theoretical work from the mid-1840s to the late 1990s--from thermodynamics to quantum mechanics, from nuclear physics and magnetohydrodynamics to the remarkable advances through to the late 1960s, and finally, to more recent theoretical work. Intended mainly for students and teachers of astronomy, this book will also be a useful reference for practicing astronomers and scientifically curious general readers.
Author : Jeff Kanipe
Publisher : Hill and Wang
ISBN 13 : 0374707227
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)
Download or read book Chasing Hubble's Shadows written by Jeff Kanipe and published by Hill and Wang. This book was released on 2007-01-23 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chasing Hubble's Shadows is an account of the continuing efforts of astronomers to probe the outermost limits of the observable universe. The book derives its title from something the great American astronomer Edwin Hubble once wrote: "Eventually, we reach the dim boundary—the utmost limits of our telescopes. There, we measure shadows, and we search among ghostly errors of measurement for landmarks that are scarcely more substantial." The quest for Hubble's "shadows"—those unimaginably distant, wispy traces of stars and galaxies that formed within the first few hundred million years after the Big Bang—takes us back, in effect, to the beginning of time as we are able to perceive it, when the first discrete stellar objects appeared out of what has lately come to be known as the "cosmic dark age." The information that is being gleaned from these dim sources—chiefly with the aid of Hubble's namesake, the Hubble Space Telescope—promises to yield clues to many cosmic puzzles, including the nature of the mysterious "dark energy" that is now believed to pervade all of space.
Author : Susan Wise Bauer
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393243273
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)
Download or read book The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory written by Susan Wise Bauer and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2015-05-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting road map to the development of modern scientific thought. In the tradition of her perennial bestseller The Well-Educated Mind, Susan Wise Bauer delivers an accessible, entertaining, and illuminating springboard into the scientific education you never had. Far too often, public discussion of science is carried out by journalists, voters, and politicians who have received their science secondhand. The Story of Western Science shows us the joy and importance of reading groundbreaking science writing for ourselves and guides us back to the masterpieces that have changed the way we think about our world, our cosmos, and ourselves. Able to be referenced individually, or read together as the narrative of Western scientific development, the book's twenty-eight succinct chapters lead readers from the first science texts by Hippocrates, Plato, and Aristotle through twentieth-century classics in biology, physics, and cosmology. The Story of Western Science illuminates everything from mankind's earliest inquiries to the butterfly effect, from the birth of the scientific method to the rise of earth science and the flowering of modern biology. Each chapter recommends one or more classic books and provides entertaining accounts of crucial contributions to science, vivid sketches of the scientist-writers, and clear explanations of the mechanics underlying each concept. The Story of Western Science reveals science to be a dramatic undertaking practiced by some of history's most memorable characters. It reminds us that scientific inquiry is a human pursuit—an essential, often deeply personal, sometimes flawed, frequently brilliant way of understanding the world. The Story of Western Science is an "entertaining and unique synthesis" (Times Higher Education), a "fluidly written" narrative that "celebrates the inexorable force of human curiosity" (Wall Street Journal), and a "bright, informative resource for readers seeking to understand science through the eyes of the men and women who shaped its history" (Kirkus). Previously published as The Story of Science.
Author : Walter J. Maciel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461437679
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)
Download or read book Astrophysics of the Interstellar Medium written by Walter J. Maciel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The space between the stars contains a large diversity of objects in which physical processes occur that are fundamental to the structure and evolution of galaxies. This book offers the reader a basic knowledge of these processes and presents simple numeric estimates of the main quantities relevant to the interstellar medium. The main objects that constitute the interstellar space are described, but the emphasis of the book lies in the physical processes occurring in these objects, which may also occur in other astrophysical environments. The book is directed tor graduate as well as advanced undergraduate students of physics and astrophysics.
Author : M.G.J. Minnaert
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401034141
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Practical Work in Elementary Astronomy written by M.G.J. Minnaert and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alan W. Hirshfeld
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486490939
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Parallax written by Alan W. Hirshfeld and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively and entertaining history of the long struggle to measure the distance to the stars will appeal to general readers as well as to amateur and professional astronomers. Readers will encounter fascinating historical characters, from ancient Greeks to 19th-century scientists. Well illustrated, with contemporary pictures plus extensive notes on further reading. 2002 edition.
Author : Marcia Bartusiak
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0375713689
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (757 download)
Download or read book Archives of the Universe written by Marcia Bartusiak and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2006-04-11 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unparalleled history of astronomy presented in the words of the scientists who made the discoveries. Here are the writings of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Halley, Hubble, and Einstein, as well as that of dozens of others who have significantly contributed to our picture of the universe. From Aristotle's proof that the Earth is round to the 1998 paper that posited an accelerating universe, this book contains 100 entries spanning the history of astronomy. Award-winning science writer Marcia Bartusiak provides enormously entertaining introductions, putting the material in context and explaining its place in the literature. Archives of the Universe is essential reading for professional astronomers, science history buffs, and backyard stargazers alike.
