
Astronomy for the Inquiring Mind
(Excerpt from Physics for the Inquiring Mind)
- 176 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This selection from the author's famous Physics for the Inquiring Mind is a book for readers who want to grow in scientific wisdom, who want to know the fundamentals of the history and theory of basic astronomy.
Originally published in 1982.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Preliminary Introduction
- 1. Mankind and the Heavens
- 2. Facts and Early Progress
- 3. Greek Astronomy: Great Theories and Great Observations
- 4. Awakening Questions
- 5. Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543)
- 6. Tycho Brahe (1546-1601)
- 7. Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)
- 8. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
- 9. The Seventeenth Century
- 10. Vectors and Geometrical Addition
- 11. Circular Orbits and Acceleration
- 12. Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
- 13. Universal Gravitation
- 14. Scientific Theories and Scientific Methods