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| Autore principale: | North, John David, 1934-2008.
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| Titolo: | Cosmos : an illustrated history of astronomy and cosmology / John North. |
| Pubblicazione: | Chicago : The University of Chicago press, c2008. |
| Descrizione fisica: | XXV, 876 p., [8] p. di tav. : ill. ; 26 cm |
| Contiene: | Indice: List of illustrations. List of plates. Credits. Preface to the first edition. Preface to the present edition. On numbers and units. Introduction. 1. Prehistoric astronomy 2. Ancient Egypt 3. Mesopotamia 4. The Greek and Roman worlds 5. China and Japan 6. Pre-Columbian America 7. Indian and Persian astronomy 8. Eastern Islam 9. Western Islam and Christian Spain 10. Medieval and early Renaissance Europe 11. Copernicus' planetary theory 12. The new empiricism 13. The rise of physical astronomy 14. New astronomical problems 15. Precision and the new astrophysics 16. Galaxies, stars, and atoms 17. The renewal of cosmology 18. Radio astronomy 19. Observatories in space 20. Macrocosm and microcosm. Bibliographical survey. Index |
| Note galileane: | Per Galilei cfr. in particolare le p. 362-377 |
| Visionato in: | IMSS |
| ISBN: | 9780226594408 |
| Discipline: | Astronomia--Studi di carattere generale. Cosmologia--Studi. |
| Collocazione: | Cons. St. Scienze Fisiche A 027 |
| Nota di esemplare: | Mostra nota di esemplare |
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