To explain the world : the discovery of modern science /
"Weinberg takes us across centuries from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad and Oxford, from Plato's Academy and the Museum of Alexandria to the cathedral school of Chartres and the Royal Society of London. He shows that the scientists of ancient and medieval times not only did not unders...
| Основен автор: | Weinberg, Steven, 1933- (Author) |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
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New York :
Harper,
[2015]
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| Издание: | First edition. |
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Съдържание:
- Part I: Greek physics. Matter and poetry ; Music and mathematics ; Motion and philosophy ; Hellenistic physics and technology ; Ancient science and religion
- Part II: Greek astronomy. The uses of astronomy ; Measuring the sun, moon, and earth ; The problem of the planets
- Part III: The Middle Ages. The Arabs ; Medieval Europe
- Part IV: The scientific revolution. The solar system solved ; Experiments begun ; Method reconsidered ; The Newtonian synthesis ; Epilogue: the grand reduction.