Kepler’s Physical Astronomy

Bruce Stephenson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

218 Seiten

1987 | 1987 ed.
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
9780387965413 (ISBN)

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Kepler's Physical Astronomy is an account of Kepler's reformulation of astronomy as a physical science, and of his successful use of (incorrect) physics as a guide in his astronomical discoveries. It presents the only reliable account of the internal logic of Kepler's so-called first and second laws, showing how and to what extent Kepler thought he had derived them from his physical principles. It explains for the first time Kepler's attempt to use an obscure discovery of Tycho Brahe to unify and confirm all of his own physical theories. It also describes the intricate (and neglected) theory which Kepler developed to account for the additional anomalies needed for the theory of the moon.

1. Introduction.- 2. Mysterium Cosmographicum.- 3. Astronomia nova.- 4. Epitome of Copernican Astronomy.- 5. Kepler and the Development of Modern Science.

Reihe/Serie	Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences ; 13
Zusatzinfo	VIII, 218 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-13	9780387965413 / 9780387965413
Zustand	Neuware