The Astronomical Revolution

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-415-47489-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 536 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 834 g

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science

Originally published in English in 1973. This volume traces the development of the revolution which so drastically altered man’s view of the universe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The "astronomical revolution" was accomplished in three stages, each linked with the work of one man. With Copernicus, the sun became the centre of the universe. With Kepler, celestial dynamics replaced the kinematics of circles and spheres used by Copernicus. With Borelli the unification of celestial and terrestrial physics was completed by abandonment of the circle in favour the straight line to infinity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Koyre, Alexandre

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Copernicus and the Cosmic Overthrow. 2. Kepler and the New Astronomy. 3 J A Borelli and Celestial Mechanics

Über Autor(innen)

Alexandre Koyre