A concise history of astronomy / by Peter Doig ; with a foreword by Harold Spencer Jones.
Pubblicazione:
London : Chapman & Hall, 1950.
Descrizione fisica:
XI, 320 p. ; 23 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Foreword / by sir Harold Spencer Jones. Author's Preface. 1. The oldest astronomy 2. China. Egypt. Mesopotamia. India 3. Greece 4. Mohammedans. Tartars. Medieval Europe 5. Copernicus. Tycho Brahe. Kepler 6. Galileo until Newton 7. Newton 8. The eighteenth century : gravitational 9. The eighteenth century : observational 10. William herschel 11. Nineteenth century : first half 12. Nineteenth century : second half 13. Nineteenth century : second half 14. Twentieth century 15. Twentieth century (continued) 16. Twentieth century (continued) 17. Twentieth century (continued). Some books for reference. Index
Note galileane:
MCMULLIN, 4316 "For Galileo see: Galileo until Newton, pp. 63-77"
Rosen, Edward 1906-1985. Recensione].