As the world turns : the history of proving the Earth rotates / Peter Kosso.
Pubblicazione:
Singapore : World scientific, 2020.
Descrizione fisica:
XI, 273 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Preface. About the author. 1. On uncertainty. Pt. 1. The ancient perspective: 2. To save the phenomena 3. Aristotle's standard model 4. Tinkering with the standard model 5. Moving the Earth 6. The best of both worlds 7. On skepticism. Pt. 2. The modern perspective: 8. The two chief world systems 9. New astronomy and the great magnet 10. Rotational dynamics and absolute space 11. Focault's pendulum. Pt. 3. The postmodern pespective: 12. Mach's principle 13. Relativity. Pt. 4. The extraterrestrial perspective: 14. The final frontier 15. All things considered. Timeline of important events and ideas, evidence and thepries regarding the rotation of the Earth. Notes. Bibliography. Index
