Unifying the Universe: The Physics of Heaven and EarthCRC Press, 05/11/2002 - 668 من الصفحات Unifying the Universe: The Physics of Heaven and Earth provides a solid background in basic physics. With a humanistic perspective, it shows how science is significant for more than its technological consequences. The book includes clear and well-planned links to the arts and philosophies of relevant historical periods to bring science and the humanities together. |
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الصفحة xi
... CELESTIAL MOTION : A HEAVENLY ROMANCE WITH THE SOLAR SYSTEM 245 Regular motions , capricious motions 246 Celebrating the birth of the sun 248 Shadows Moonstruck 252 253 Calendars - unlucky 13 257 Animals in the sky 258 Pointer star 259 ...
... CELESTIAL MOTION : A HEAVENLY ROMANCE WITH THE SOLAR SYSTEM 245 Regular motions , capricious motions 246 Celebrating the birth of the sun 248 Shadows Moonstruck 252 253 Calendars - unlucky 13 257 Animals in the sky 258 Pointer star 259 ...
الصفحة xii
... Celestial spheres multiply 313 Crystalline spheres 317 Similar triangles in the heavens 319 The pirouette of the planets 327 The age of Aquarius 329 A majestic encyclopedia 334 Islamic heavens 341 Updates 343 Hipparchus ' legacies ...
... Celestial spheres multiply 313 Crystalline spheres 317 Similar triangles in the heavens 319 The pirouette of the planets 327 The age of Aquarius 329 A majestic encyclopedia 334 Islamic heavens 341 Updates 343 Hipparchus ' legacies ...
الصفحة xiii
... celestial harmonies 421 ' Let me not have lived in vain ' 426 Reformation of astronomy 428 The ellipse , an honest maiden of nature 430 Dreams come true A new bond for the heavens A nova shines over war - torn Europe The book is written ...
... celestial harmonies 421 ' Let me not have lived in vain ' 426 Reformation of astronomy 428 The ellipse , an honest maiden of nature 430 Dreams come true A new bond for the heavens A nova shines over war - torn Europe The book is written ...
الصفحة xvii
عذرًا، محتوى هذه الصفحة مقيَّد.
عذرًا، محتوى هذه الصفحة مقيَّد.
الصفحة xviii
عذرًا، محتوى هذه الصفحة مقيَّد.
عذرًا، محتوى هذه الصفحة مقيَّد.
المحتوى
BEGINNINGS | 3 |
The quirks of nature | 132 |
DYNAMIC SYMMETRIES | 189 |
A HEAVENLY ROMANCE WITH | 245 |
SCALING THE COSMOS | 298 |
A WIDEOPEN UNIVERSE | 463 |
THE FIRST SYNTHESIS | 556 |
UNITY IN PHYSICS | 618 |
First light | 626 |
CHAPTER END NOTES | 633 |
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acceleration Alexandria ancient angle appear Archimedes Aristarchus Aristotle Aristotle's artists astronomers atoms Babylonians Brahe celestial sphere centre centripetal acceleration century chapter Christian circle clock comet constellations Copernicus cosmos culture Descartes discovery distance earth eclipse Einstein electricity electromagnetic electrons elements energy equator equinox Eratosthenes figure force free fall galaxy Galileo geometry gravity Greek heavenly bodies heavens heliocentric Hipparchus horizontal human hydrogen ideas Jupiter Kepler laws light lunar lunar eclipse magnetic Mars mass mathematical measure mechanical Milky million mirror moon moon's motion moving nature nebulae neutrinos neutron Newton night observations orbit parallax particles path patterns pendulum period philosopher physics planetary planets plate pole position predictions principles protons Ptolemy Pythagoras quarks relative rotation Saturn scientific scientists shadow solar system solstice space special relativity speed spherical square stars sun's supernova symmetry telescope Thales theory thought triangle triangle geometry understanding universe velocity Venus zodiac