9780226848815 - Measuring the Universe: Cosmic Dimensions from Aristarchus to Halley von Van Helden, Albert (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:0226848817.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 8vo (23.5 cm), VIII, 203 pp. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket (corner of front free endpaper clipped; minor shelf wear). Probably the author's copy. First edition of this authoritative study of the methods by which astronomers from antiquity to the early eighteenth century sought to determine the sizes and distances of the heavenly bodies. Van Helden traces the development of cosmic measurement from the geometric estimates of Aristarchus and Hipparchus through the revolutionary impact of the telescope, culminating in Halley's proposal to determine the solar parallax by means of transits of Venus. A concise and scholarly account, indispensable for collections devoted to the history of astronomy and the development of scientific measurement. Contents: Shared Expectations; The Beginnings: Aristarchus and Hipparchus; Ptolemy; The Ptolemaic System Enshrined; Copernicus and Tycho; Young Kepler; Galileo and the Telescope; Kepler's Synthesis; Gassendi, Hortensius, and the Transit of Mercury of 1631; From Horrocks to Riccioli; The Micrometer from Huygens to Flamsteed; Cassini, Flamsteed, and the New Measure; The New Consensus and Halley's Legacy; Conclusion: Measurement, Theory, and Speculation.