Solar system maps : from antiquity to the space age / Nick Kanas.
Pubblicazione:
New York : Springer, c2014.
Descrizione fisica:
XXIX, 331 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Serie:
Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy
Contiene:
Indice: Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. List of figures. List of tables. 1. World views and the solar system 2. Earth centered world views in classical Europe 3. Non European world views 4. Earth centered world views in the Middle Ages and Renaissance 5. Sun centered and hybrid world views 6. No center: an unbounded universe and the plurality of worlds 7. Our expanding solar system: planets and moons 8. Our expanding solar system: Pluto, asteroids, and the far reaches 9. Popularizing the solar system in the early United States 10. Space age images of the solar system. Notes. Bibliography. Glossary. Index
Note galileane:
Per Galilei cfr., in particolare, pp. 1-2, 110-113, 142-144, 180-183 e passim
