Frame of the Universe : : A History of Physical Cosmology / / Robert D. Purrington, Frank Durham.
Presents a history of scientific ideas, written not by historians of science, but by practicing scientists.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1983] ©1983 |
| Year of Publication: | 1983 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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