Frame of the Universe : : A History of Physical Cosmology / / Robert D. Purrington, Frank Durham.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Durham, Frank,; Purrington, Robert D.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1983]; ©1983
• Year of Publication: 1983
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (284 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. Overview --; 2. Earliest Awareness --; 3. First Astronomy --; 4. The Fountainhead --; 5. Synthesis --; 6. Orb in Orb --; 7. Medieval Europe --; 8. The Copernican Revolution, 1 --; 9. The Copernican Revolution, 2 --; 10. Galileo Galilei --; 11. Newtonian Synthesis --; 12. Widening Horizons: Einstein --; 13. General Theory of Relativity --; 14. Primeval Atom --; 15. Gravitational Collapse --; Epilogue --; Appendix. Experimental Tests of Special and General Relativity --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231882545; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/durh91198
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Robert D. Purrington, Frank Durham.

Presents a history of scientific ideas, written not by historians of science, but by practicing scientists.