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Finding our place in the solar system :

1107182298

9781107182295

Finding our place in the solar system :

[Book]

the scientific story of the Copernican revolution /

Todd Timberlake (Berry College, Mount Berry, GA, USA), Paul Wallace (Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA, USA).

Cambridge, United Kingdom :

Cambridge University Press,

2019.

©2019

xvii, 378 pages :

illustrations ;

26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-364) and index.

Introduction: mysterious skies -- Two spheres: modeling the heavens and the Earth -- Wanderers: the Moon and the planets -- An Earth-centered cosmos: astronomy and cosmology from Eudoxus to Regiomontanus -- Moving the Earth: the revolutions of Copernicus -- Instruments of reform: Tycho's restoration of observational astronomy -- Physical causes: Kepler's new astronomy -- Seeing beyond Aristotle: Galileo's controversies The system of the world: Newton's universal physics -- Confirming Copernicus: evidence for Earth's motions -- Appendix Mathematical details -- A.1. Angular measure -- A.2. Apparent diameter -- A.3. Trigonometry -- A.4. Finding the Sun's altitude from shadows -- A.5. Relative distances of Sun and Moon -- A.6. Parallax and distance -- A.7. Ptolemy: size of an inferior planet's epicycle -- A.8. Ptolemy: size of a superior planet's epicycle -- A.9. Copernicus: the orbital period of an inferior planet -- A.10. Copernicus: the orbital period of a superior planet -- A.11. Copernicus: the size of an inferior planet's orbit -- A.12. Copernicus: the size of a superior planet's orbit -- A.13. Kepler: the ellipse and area laws -- A.14. Kepler: the harmonic law -- A.15. Galileo: measuring mountains on the Moon -- A.16. Galileo: falling bodies and projectiles -- A.17. Newton: gravity and the Moon -- A.18. Newton: an inverse-square force on the planets -- A.19. Newton: universal gravitation -- A.20. Bradley: aberration of starlight.

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Finding our Place in the Solar System' gives a detailed account of how the Earth was displaced from its traditional position at the center of the universe to be recognized as one of several planets orbiting the Sun under the influence of a universal gravitational force. The transition from the ancient geocentric worldview to a modern understanding of planetary motion, often called the Copernican Revolution, is one of the great intellectual achievements of humankind. This book provides a deep yet accessible explanation of the scientific disputes over our place in the solar system and the work of the great scientists who helped settle them. Readers will come away knowing not just that the Earth orbits the Sun, but why we believe that it does so. The Copernican Revolution also provides an excellent case study of what science is and how it works.

Astronomy-- Study and teaching (Higher)

Celestial mechanics-- Study and teaching (Higher)

Planetary theory-- Study and teaching (Higher)

Astronomie

Astronomy-- Study and teaching (Higher)

Heliozentrisches System

Himmelsmechanik

SCIENCE / Mechanics / General.

Sonnensystem

Timberlake, Todd Keene,1973-

Wallace, Paul,1968-

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