Unifying the Universe: The Physics of Heaven and EarthCRC Press, 5 nov 2002 - 668 pagina's 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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... MECHANICAL UNIVERSE : UNIFYING SPACE AND TIME 521 Around the world 522 Marking time in exile 523 The divine clockwork 526 Putting space in order 529 Harmony of cycles and circles 532 Breakthroughs in circular motion 534 The period of ...
... MECHANICAL UNIVERSE : UNIFYING SPACE AND TIME 521 Around the world 522 Marking time in exile 523 The divine clockwork 526 Putting space in order 529 Harmony of cycles and circles 532 Breakthroughs in circular motion 534 The period of ...
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... mechanical universe 559 Miracle of falling apples 562 Ulysses draws Achilles into battle 568 The point of spherical symmetry 571 From apple to moon to sun to universe 572 The missing piece 576 A bridge to the heavens 577 Taming of the ...
... mechanical universe 559 Miracle of falling apples 562 Ulysses draws Achilles into battle 568 The point of spherical symmetry 571 From apple to moon to sun to universe 572 The missing piece 576 A bridge to the heavens 577 Taming of the ...
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Inhoudsopgave
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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654 | |
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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