Revolutionaries of the cosmos : the astro-physicists /

This work contains short biographies of Galileo, Newton Herschel, Huggins, Hale, Eddington, Shapley and Hubble - eight astronomers who broke with traditions and defined the cosmos as we know it now.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Glass, I. S. (Ian S.) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
Temas:
Astrophysicists > Biography.
Astrophysiciens > Biographies.
SCIENCE > Physics > Astrophysics.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
Astrophysicists
Astrofysica.
Sterrenkundigen.
Natuurkundigen.
Electronic books.
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: talent and opportunity
  • Galileo: seeing and believing
  • Isaac Newton: rationalising the universe
  • William Herschel: surveying the heavens
  • William Huggins: celestial chemical analysis
  • George Ellery Hale: providing the tools
  • Arthur Eddington: inside the stars
  • Harlow Shapley: defining our galaxy
  • Edwin Hubble: journeying to the edge.

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