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Autore principale: | Krivine, Hubert.
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Titolo: | The Earth : from myths to knowledge / Hubert Krivine ; foreword by Tariq Ali ; afterword by David Fernbach ; translated by David Fernbach. |
Pubblicazione: | London : Verso, 2015. |
Descrizione fisica: | XVII, 282 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
Note: | Tit. orig.: La Terre : des myths au savoir |
Contiene: | Indice: Foreword / by Tariq Ali. Introduction. How to use this book. Pt. 1. Earth's age: 1. Pre-science 2. The beginning of the modern age 3. The twentieth century and radioactivity. Pt. 2. Earth's movement: 4. Before Copernicus 5. The construction of heliocentrism 6. Distances 7. The battle over heliocentrism. Pt. 3. Only scientific truth?: 8. Why truth matters. Afterword by Jacques Bouveresse. Appendix A: The proofs of the Earth's motion. Appendix B: Kelvin's model and calculation. Appendix C: Radioactivity. Appendix D: The Copernicus, Tycho Brahe equivalence. Appendix E: The relativity of trajectories. Acknowledgments. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index |
Note galileane: | Per Galilei cfr., in particolare, il cap. 7: The battle over Heliocentrism |
Visionato in: | IMSS |
ISBN: | 9781781687994 |
Altri autori: | Ali, Tariq, 1943-
Bouveresse, Jacques, 1940- Fernbach, David. |
Discipline: | Terra--Studi. |
Collocazione: | LS 19994 |
Nota di esemplare: | Mostra nota di esemplare |
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