The Eye of Heaven: Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler

ISBN-13: 9780883188637 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 442 str.

Owen Gingerich

Opis

Twenty-five papers originally published during a 25-year period, beginning in 1964 with The Computer versus Kepler, examine the evolution of astronomy and the intertwining of raw data, interpretation, and creativity which propels science. A substantial introduction precedes the lightly edited essa

Recenzje

"I can think of few better ways of introducing students to the history of astronomy than by using The Eye of Heaven as a text....This is science at its best....Not only does Gingerich make you think, he also forces you back in time and makes you think as astronomers did then. Students need this inspiration." --- David Hughes, New Scientist

O autorze

Owen Gingerich, Professor für Astronomie und Wissenschaftsgeschichte am Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.