Models of time and space from astrophysics and world cultures : the foundations of astrophysical reality from across the centuries / Bryan E. Penprase.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Penprase, Bryan E., author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Series:

Astronomers' universe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space and time.

Astrophysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 305 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2023]

Contents:

Intro

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Contents

1: Exploring the Earth and Sky

1.1 Polynesian Navigation and the Star Compass

1.2 Wave Maps of the Ocean

1.3 Navigating Beyond the Horizon

1.4 Navigation and Maps in the Islamic World

1.5 Islamic Astronomy and Instruments

1.6 Modern Celestial Navigation

References

2: The Geography of Earth Beyond the Horizon

2.1 Maps of the World from Across Cultures

2.2 Models for the Shape of the Earth

2.3 Edmond Halley's Voyage and Magnetic Maps

2.4 Mapping Terra Incognita

References

3: The Geography of the Skies

3.1 What Is Space?

3.2 Egyptian Star Maps

3.3 Chinese and Asian Star Maps

3.4 Cosmic Cartography from the Islamic World

3.5 European Maps of the Stars

4: Early Telescopes and Models of the Universe

4.1 Johann Hevelius and His Telescopes

4.2 Christiaan Huygens and Saturn

4.3 Giovanni Cassini's Planetary and Comet Observations

4.4 The Discovery of Parallax

4.5 James Bradley and Stellar Aberration

4.6 Descartes and Vortex Theory

4.7 Isaac Newton and the Principia

4.8 Thomas Wright and His New Hypothesis

4.9 Kant and Island Universe Theory

5: Early Maps and Models of Galaxies

5.1 William Herschel and His Maps of the Galaxy

5.2 Lord Rosse and Other Nineteenth-Century Reflecting Telescopes and Their Results

5.3 The Discovery of Neptune and Sirius B

5.4 The Rise of Giant Refracting Telescopes

5.5 The Lick Mount Hamilton Observatory

5.6 The Yerkes Giant 40-Inch Refractor

5.7 Percival Lowell's Observatory

5.8 Models and Maps of Galaxies

6: The Discovery of the Big Bang

6.1 Building the Mount Wilson Observatory

6.2 Harlowe Shapley's Studies of the Milky Way

6.3 The Shapley-Curtiss Debate

6.4 Edwin Hubble's Discovery of the Expanding Universe

6.5 Hubble Expansion and the Hubble Constant

6.6 Models of Cosmology in Early Twentieth Century

7: The Nature of Light

7.1 Ideas About Light Over the Centuries

7.2 Roemer's Speed of Light Measurement

7.3 The Transit of Venus and the Astronomical Unit

7.4 Measurement of the Speed of Light in the Nineteenth Century

7.5 The Physics of Light

7.6 Albert Michelson and the Michelson-Morley Experiment

8: Spacetime and Curved Space

8.1 Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity

8.2 Worldlines and the Light Cone

8.3 Curved Space and General Relativity

8.4 The Perihelion of Mercury and Einstein's Theory

8.5 The Solar Eclipse of 1919

8.6 The Schwarzschild Solution and Black Holes

8.7 Time Dilation in Curved Space

8.8 General Relativity and Models of the Universe

9: Mapping Space to the Edge of the Observable Universe

9.1 The Mount Palomar 200″ Telescope

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 31, 2023).

ISBN:

9783031278907

3031278909

Publisher Number:

99994417875

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.