Astronomy for the Inquiring Mind Excerpt from Physics for the Inquiring Mind / [online] :
Eric M. Rogers
- New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2017
- 1 resursă online (176 p.)
- Princeton Legacy Library, 5194 .
Frontmatter Foreword Signs and abbreviations Contents Preliminary introduction Chapter 1. Mankind And The Heavens Chapter 2. Facts and Early Progress Chapter 3. Greek Astronomy: Great Theories and Great Observations Chapter 4. Awakening Questions Chapter 5. Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) Chapter 6. Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) Chapter 7. Johannes Kepler (1571–1630) Chapter 8. Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) Chapter 9. The Seventeenth Century Chapter 10. Vectors and Geometrical Addition Chapter 11. Circular Orbits and Acceleration Chapter 12. Isaac Newton (1642–1727) Chapter 13. Universal Gravitation Chapter 14. Scientific Theories and Scientific Methods