From Eudoxus to Einstein : a history of mathematical astronomy /
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| Author / Creator: | Linton, C. M. (Christopher M.) |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004. |
| Description: | xii, 516 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5360251 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Spheres and circles
- 3. The Ptolemaic universe
- 4. Developments in geocentric astronomy
- 5. The heliocentric universe
- 6. Tycho Brahe, Kepler and the ellipse
- 7. Galileo, the telescope, and Keplarian astronomy
- 8. The universal theory of gravitation
- 9. Celestial mechanics
- 10. The asteroids and the outer planets
- 11. New methods
- 12. Mercury and Relativity
