History of Astronomy

Auteur: Hoskin, Michael (, Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge)
Editeur: Oxford University Press
An introduction to the history of Western astronomy from prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid nineteenth century. Emphasis is given to such topics as the merging of Babylonian and Greek astronomy in later Antiquity, Kepler's conversion of astronomy into a branch of dynamics, and the first explorations of the universe of stars.
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An introduction to the history of Western astronomy from prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid nineteenth century. Emphasis is given to such topics as the merging of Babylonian and Greek astronomy in later Antiquity, Kepler's conversion of astronomy into a branch of dynamics, and the first explorations of the universe of stars.
ISBN / EAN 9780192803061
Auteur Hoskin, Michael (, Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge)
Editeur Oxford University Press