Author: Robert Theodore Gunther
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astrolabes
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Early Science in Oxford: The life and work of Robert Hooke, pt. 1-2
Author: Robert Theodore Gunther
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astrolabes
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astrolabes
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Robert Hooke
Author: Michael Cooper
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754653653
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
This volume represents a benchmark in the study of Robert Hooke (1635-1703), a genius whose wide-ranging achievements are at last receiving the recognition that they deserve. It brings together a comprehensive set of studies of different aspects of his life, thought and artistry, with sections on Hooke's life and reputation; his contributions to celestial mechanics and astronomy, and to speculative natural philosophy; the instruments that he designed; and his work in architecture and construction. The introduction places the studies in the context of our current understanding of Hooke and his milieu, while the book also contains a comprehensive bibliography.
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754653653
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
This volume represents a benchmark in the study of Robert Hooke (1635-1703), a genius whose wide-ranging achievements are at last receiving the recognition that they deserve. It brings together a comprehensive set of studies of different aspects of his life, thought and artistry, with sections on Hooke's life and reputation; his contributions to celestial mechanics and astronomy, and to speculative natural philosophy; the instruments that he designed; and his work in architecture and construction. The introduction places the studies in the context of our current understanding of Hooke and his milieu, while the book also contains a comprehensive bibliography.
Early Science in Oxford ...
Author: Robert Theodore Gunther
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astrolabes
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astrolabes
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Locke and the Compass of Human Understanding
Author: John W. Yolton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521078385
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Professor Yolton delves into John Locke's most important work, the Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521078385
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Professor Yolton delves into John Locke's most important work, the Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
Bulletin
Author:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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The Reprint Bulletin
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Category : Out-of-print books
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Category : Out-of-print books
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Library Bulletin
Author: University of Aberdeen
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 810
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Languages : en
Pages : 810
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The Chronologers' Quest
Author: Patrick Wyse Jackson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139457578
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
The debate over the age of the Earth has been ongoing for over two thousand years, and has pitted physicists and astronomers against biologists, and religious philosophers against geologists. The Chronologers' Quest tells the fascinating story of our attempts to determine the age of the Earth. This book investigates the many novel methods used in the search for the Earth's age, from James Ussher and John Lightfoot examining biblical chronologies, and from Comte de Buffon and Lord Kelvin determining the length of time for the cooling of the Earth, to the more recent investigations of Arthur Holmes and Clair Patterson into radioactive dating of rocks and meteorites. The Chronologers' Quest is a readable account of the measurement of geological time. It will be of great interest to a wide range of readers, from those with little scientific background to students and scientists in a wide range of the Earth sciences.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139457578
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
The debate over the age of the Earth has been ongoing for over two thousand years, and has pitted physicists and astronomers against biologists, and religious philosophers against geologists. The Chronologers' Quest tells the fascinating story of our attempts to determine the age of the Earth. This book investigates the many novel methods used in the search for the Earth's age, from James Ussher and John Lightfoot examining biblical chronologies, and from Comte de Buffon and Lord Kelvin determining the length of time for the cooling of the Earth, to the more recent investigations of Arthur Holmes and Clair Patterson into radioactive dating of rocks and meteorites. The Chronologers' Quest is a readable account of the measurement of geological time. It will be of great interest to a wide range of readers, from those with little scientific background to students and scientists in a wide range of the Earth sciences.
Nature
Author: Sir Norman Lockyer
Publisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
The Abyss of Time
Author: Claude C., Jr. Albritton
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486151166
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Accessible, entertaining work addresses Earth's age as it explores the work of Hooke, Buffon, Lyell, Cuvier, Darwin, Agassiz, and others, detailing discoveries that led to knowledge of Earth's astonishing antiquity — from Steno's contemplation of fossilized shark's teeth in 1666 through Holmes' time scales of 1960. Nominated for the American Book Award. 29 black-and-white illustrations.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486151166
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Accessible, entertaining work addresses Earth's age as it explores the work of Hooke, Buffon, Lyell, Cuvier, Darwin, Agassiz, and others, detailing discoveries that led to knowledge of Earth's astonishing antiquity — from Steno's contemplation of fossilized shark's teeth in 1666 through Holmes' time scales of 1960. Nominated for the American Book Award. 29 black-and-white illustrations.