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A history of physical theories of comets, from Aristotle to Whipple / Tofigh Heidarzadeh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heidarzadeh, Tofigh.
- Series:
- Archimedes (Dordrecht, Netherlands) ; v. 19.
- Archimedes : new studies in the history and philosophy of science and technology ; v. 19
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comets--History.
- Comets.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : Springer, [2008]
- Summary:
- The book describes the major physical theories of comets in the past two millennia. It describes the evolution of ideas about the nature, position, motion and constitution of comets. Unlike many works on the subject, this one focuses on details of each theory.
- Contents:
- Aristotle's theory of comets
- After Aristotle
- From Brahe to Newton
- Comets in Newtonian physics
- After Newton
- Non-Newtonian theories of comets
- Comets in the Laplacian cosmos
- Comets in the Post-Laplacian era.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-275) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781402083228
- 140208322X
- OCLC:
- 227026427
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