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From Eudoxus to Einstein : a history of mathematical astronomy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Linton, C. M. (Christopher M.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Astronomy > Mathematics > History.
Online Access:Publisher description
Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Spheres and circles
  • The Ptolemaic universe
  • Developments in geocentric astronomy
  • The heliocentric universe
  • Tycho Brahe, Kepler and the ellipse
  • Galileo, the telescope, and Keplarian astronomy
  • The universal theory of gravitation
  • Celestial mechanics
  • The asteroids and the outer planets
  • New methods
  • Mercury and Relativity.