Simon Newcomb (1835 1903) was an astronomer and mathematician remembered for his work in recalculating the major astronomical constants to a new international standard. He was a founding member of the American Astronomical Society and became its first president in 1899. Although Newcomb's mathematical work is well known, this autobiography, first published in 1903, focuses on his achievements and work as an astronomer. In it he provides an account of his scientific research with comments on his approach, which together with his descriptions of scientific discoveries and collaborations...
Simon Newcomb (1835 1903) was an astronomer and mathematician remembered for his work in recalculating the major astronomical constants to a new inter...
Furnished with more than a hundred figures, maps and tables, this book was first published in 1878 by Simon Newcomb (1835 1909), a noted mathematician and professor at the United States Naval Observatory. A meticulous work, originally intended to be of use to the general reader as well as the student, it provides a view of astronomy as it stood on the eve of General Relativity, and inevitably includes some theories which have since been disproved. Newcomb outlines a brief history of astronomy, from ancient Greece (when the planets were thought to be fixed in crystal spheres), to the...
Furnished with more than a hundred figures, maps and tables, this book was first published in 1878 by Simon Newcomb (1835 1909), a noted mathematician...
When we look at the sky by day we see the sun; by night we see the moon and stars. These, and all other objects which we see in the heavens, are called heavenly bodies. Astronomy is the science which treats of these bodies. The heavenly bodies are all of immense size, most of them larger than the earth. They look small because they are so far away. If we could fly from the earth as far as we please, it would look smaller and smaller as we went farther, until at a distance of many millions of miles it would appear as a little star. If we kept on yet farther, it would at last disappear from our...
When we look at the sky by day we see the sun; by night we see the moon and stars. These, and all other objects which we see in the heavens, are calle...
Das vorliegende Buch ist eine hervorragende Einfuhrung in die Himmelskunde fur interessierte Leser. Behandelt werden die folgenden Themen: Das Weltall und seine Bewegung Die astronomischen Instrumente Sonne, Erde und Mond Die Planeten und ihre Trabanten Kometen und Meteore Die Fixsternwelt Der Verlag der Wissenschaften verlegt historische Literatur bekannter und unbekannter wissenschaftlicher Autoren. Dem interessierten Leser werden so teilweise langst nicht mehr verlegte Werke wieder zugangig gemacht. Das vorliegende Buch ist ein Nachdruck der Originalausgabe von 1907.
Das vorliegende Buch ist eine hervorragende Einfuhrung in die Himmelskunde fur interessierte Leser. Behandelt werden die folgenden Themen: Das Weltall...
Das vorliegende Buch ist eine hervorragende Einfuhrung in die Himmelskunde fur interessierte Leser. Behandelt werden die folgenden Themen: Das Weltall und seine Bewegung Die astronomischen Instrumente Sonne, Erde und Mond Die Planeten und ihre Trabanten Kometen und Meteore Die Fixsternwelt Dieser Band ist ein qualitativ hochwertiger Nachdruck der langst vergriffenen Originalausgabe von 1907.
Das vorliegende Buch ist eine hervorragende Einfuhrung in die Himmelskunde fur interessierte Leser. Behandelt werden die folgenden Themen: Das Weltall...
