Hindsight And Popular Astronomy
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Author |
: Alan B. Whiting |
Publisher |
: World Scientific |
Total Pages |
: 286 |
Release |
: 2011 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789814307918 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9814307912 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hindsight and Popular Astronomy by : Alan B. Whiting
Named a Top Ten Book of 2011 by Physics World, UK.There are many books that endeavor to bridge the gap between scientists and laymen, yet too many overemphasize the presentation of scientific findings as hard facts and end up alienating readers from the critical thinking processes involved in science.Whiting attempts to break away from the norm in this revolutionary review of popular astronomy books written from 1833 to 1944. He examines these important works by acknowledged authorities in the field to see how they have stood the test of time. Where the luminaries have failed, he looks for clues that the layman reader could have used to raise doubts about what was being said. The aim of this highly accessible book is to develop tools for the non-scientist to evaluate the strange and marvelous results that astronomers report, in place of the highly-developed scientific and mathematical techniques available to the scientists themselves. A must-read for all science and astronomy enthusiasts.
Author |
: Dmitri Rabounski |
Publisher |
: Infinite Study |
Total Pages |
: 108 |
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: 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Synopsis Progress in Physics, vol. 3/2011 by : Dmitri Rabounski
The Journal on Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Experimental Physics, including Related Themes from Mathematics
Author |
: Dmitri Rabounski |
Publisher |
: Infinite Study |
Total Pages |
: 121 |
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: |
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: 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Synopsis Progress in Physics, vol. 2/2013 by : Dmitri Rabounski
The Journal on Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Experimental Physics, including Related Themes from Mathematics
Author |
: Agnes Mary Clerke |
Publisher |
: Library of Alexandria |
Total Pages |
: 502 |
Release |
: 1886 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781465556752 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1465556753 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century by : Agnes Mary Clerke
Author |
: Cornelia Dean |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1402793200 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781402793202 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis The New York Times Book of Physics and Astronomy by : Cornelia Dean
A treasury of 125 archival articles covers more than a century of scientific breakthroughs, setbacks and mysteries and includes pieces by Pulitzer Prize-winning writers, includes Malcolm W. Browne on antimatter, James Glanz on string theory and George Johnson on quantum physics.
Author |
: Veronica Strang |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 504 |
Release |
: 2018-04-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317131618 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317131614 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis From the Lighthouse: Interdisciplinary Reflections on Light by : Veronica Strang
What is a lighthouse? What does it mean? What does it do? This book shows how exchanging knowledge across disciplinary boundaries can transform our thinking. Adopting an unconventional structure, this book involves the reader in a multivocal conversation between scholars, poets and artists. Seen through their individual perspectives, lighthouses appear as signals of safety, beacons of enlightenment, phallic territorial markers, and memorials of historical relationships with the sea. However, the interdisciplinary conversation also reveals underlying and sometimes unexpected connections. It elucidates the human and non-human evolutionary adaptations that use light for signalling and warning; the visual languages created by regularity and synchronicity in pulses of light; how lighthouses have generated a whole ‘family’ of related material objects and technologies; and the way that light flows between social and material worlds.
Author |
: Richard Panek |
Publisher |
: Penguin Group |
Total Pages |
: 212 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0140280618 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780140280616 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Seeing and Believing by : Richard Panek
Tells the story, visionary by visionary and discovery by discovery, of the telescope, one of the few inventions that have revolutionized our view of the universe and how we fit into it.
Author |
: Kenneth R Lang |
Publisher |
: World Scientific |
Total Pages |
: 340 |
Release |
: 2018-07-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789813233850 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9813233850 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Brief History Of Astronomy And Astrophysics by : Kenneth R Lang
'Our developing appreciation of the Universe is a triumph of the intelligence, ingenuity and sheer hard work of the many scientists involved in this story. This book gives a clear picture of how this fascinating story has evolved over the last 500 years albeit which many scientifically literature readers will enjoy.'Contemporary PhysicsThis book traces out the unfolding history of important discoveries in astronomy and astrophysics, and anchors our present understanding of the Universe within the findings and personalities of accomplished astronomers. They have used telescopes and instruments to extend our vision to places that cannot be seen with the unaided eye, discovered a host of unanticipated objects, found out how various parts of the night sky are related, and discovered that the Universe is larger, more complex, and older than has been previously thought. This comprehensive historical approach to the present state of astronomy is a unique aspect of the book.
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: Agnes Mary Clerke |
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: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 1902 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:651799457 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis Popular History of Astronomy by : Agnes Mary Clerke
Author |
: Patrick Moore |
Publisher |
: Coronet Books |
Total Pages |
: 136 |
Release |
: 1981 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCSC:32106005220527 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Development of Astronomical Thought by : Patrick Moore