Frame of the UniverseColumbia University Press, 1985 M11 15 - 284 páginas Durham and Purrington approach the history of the universe by exploring the frontiers of physics, while maintaining a long-standing interest in astronomy and cosmology. They stress that man can not fully understand himself until he understands the universe, of which he is a part. |
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... D. Purrington. Frame of the Universe A History of Physical Cosmology Frank Durham Robert D. Purrington NEW YORK Columbia University Press This One YKB4-5SU - UEXH Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Durham , Frank.
... D. Purrington. Frame of the Universe A History of Physical Cosmology Frank Durham Robert D. Purrington NEW YORK Columbia University Press This One YKB4-5SU - UEXH Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Durham , Frank.
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... -2 ( pbk . ) Columbia University Press New York Chichester , West Sussex Copyright 1983 by Columbia University Press All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America 10 98 Contents Preface 1 . vii Overview 2. Earliest Awareness ...
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Contenido
Overview | 1 |
Earliest Awareness | 8 |
First Astronomy | 22 |
The Fountainhead | 43 |
Synthesis | 51 |
Orb in Orb | 62 |
Medieval Europe | 74 |
Copernican Revolution 1 | 95 |
Newtonian Synthesis | 147 |
Einstein | 166 |
General Theory of Relativity | 175 |
Primeval Atom | 193 |
Gravitational Collapse | 216 |
Appendix | 243 |
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acceleration Almagest Arab Aristotelian Aristotle astronomical atoms axis Babylonian big bang black hole body Cambridge celestial sphere century B.C. chapter circle circular clocks collapse Copernican system Copernicus cosmology curvature cycle density developed discovery distance dynamics early earth eccentric eclipse Egyptian Einstein energy epicycle equations equinoxes Eudoxus expanding Figure force galaxies Galileo Galileo Galilei geometry gravitational field Greek heavens heliocentric ideas inertia Kepler light lunar Mach's principle mass mathematical matter measurements mechanics medieval Mercury modern moon motion moving myth nature neutron star Newton Newtonian objects observations observatory orbit particles period phenomena philosophy physics planetary planets position precession prediction Principia principle problem protons Ptolemaic system pulsar Pythagorean quantum radiation radius red shift result revolution Revolutionibus rotation scientific solar solstice space space-time special relativity speed stellar Stonehenge supernova surface symmetry telescope theory tion Tycho Tychonic system understanding University Press velocity Venus white dwarf York