History of Astronomy
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Preface
6:06 -
Chapter 1: Primitive Astronomy and Astrology
12:38 -
Chapter 2: Ancient Chinese and Chaldaeans
13:14 -
Chapter 3: Ancient Greek Astronomy
22:06 -
Chapter 4: The Reign of Epicycles - From Ptolemy to Copernicus
11:59 -
Chapter 5: The Discovery of the True Solar System - Tycho Brahe - Kepler
25:46 -
Chapter 6: Galileo and the Telescope - Notions of Gravity by Horrocks, etc
11:50 -
Chapter 7: Sir Issac Newton - Law of Universal Gravitation
15:54 -
Chapter 8: Newton's Successors - Haley, Euler, LaGrange, LaPlance, etc
9:26 -
Chapter 9: Discovery of New Planets - Herschel, Piazzi, Adams, and Le Verrier
17:43 -
Chapter 10: Instruments of Precision - Size of the Solar System
25:44 -
Chapter 11: History of the Telescope - Spectroscope
15:13 -
Chapter 12: The Sun
20:02 -
Chapter 13: The Moon and Planets
20:59 -
Chapter 14: Comets and Meteors
9:56 -
Chapter 15: The Stars and Nebulae
40:11
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Records of eclipses and the design of observing instruments give George Forbes two ways to explain how astronomy developed. His 1909 history ranges from early beliefs about events in the sky to Greek planetary models, the work of Kepler and Newton, and the study of stars and nebulae. The chapters connect ideas about celestial motion with the methods used to test them.
Measurement becomes especially concrete in the account of Tycho Brahe's equipment. Forbes describes metal instruments, firm supports and corrections for errors, then explains how clocks and telescopic sights helped observers improve their results. He also recalls seeing and photographing astronomical instruments in Peking. For readers interested in scientific history, these details show how a better tool or a different mathematical approach could change the meaning of familiar observations. The book places theories alongside the practical work needed to support them.
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- George Forbes
- Reading time
- About 3 hours
- Pages
- 107
- Language
- English
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- Astronomy
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