On the Shoulders of Giants (häftad)
Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
1280
Utgivningsdatum
2003-10-01
Upplaga
New e.
Förlag
Penguin Books Ltd
Medarbetare
Hawking, Stephen W. (red.)
Dimensioner
200 x 135 x 65 mm
Vikt
770 g
Antal komponenter
1
SAB
U
ISBN
9780141015712

On the Shoulders of Giants

The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy

Häftad,  Engelska, 2003-10-01
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ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS tells a compelling story, using original papers from Einstein, Copernicus, Galilei, Kepler and Newton. Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking explains how these works changed the course of science, ushering astronomy and physics out of the Middle Ages and into the modern world.
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..".Hawking gives these works a setting that is elegantly simple, and in its simplicity, effectively broadening."

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Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking is Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge (Newton's old position). He is the author of A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, which remained on the New York Times bestseller list for a record-breaking 237 weeks. Curiously, Hawking was born 300 years to the day after Galileo died.

Innehållsförteckning

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543): his life and work; "On the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) - his life and work; "Dialogues Concerning Two Sciences". Johannes Kepler (1571-1630): his life and work; "Harmony of the World" book five. Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727): his life and work; "Principia". Albert Einstein (1879-1955): his life and work; selections from "The Principle of Relativity".