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Finding our place in the solar system : (Record no. 7051)

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Subject category code SCI
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Classification number 521
Edition number 23
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100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Timberlake, Todd Keene,
Dates associated with a name 1973-
Relator term author.
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Title Finding our place in the solar system :
Remainder of title the scientific story of the Copernican revolution /
Statement of responsibility, etc Todd Timberlake, Paul Wallace.
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-- Cambridge, United Kingdom ;
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-- Cambridge University Press,
-- 2019.
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Extent 1 online resource (xvii, 378 pages)
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Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary, etc Finding our Place in the Solar System' gives a detailed account of how the Earth was displaced from its traditional position at the center of the universe to be recognized as one of several planets orbiting the Sun under the influence of a universal gravitational force. The transition from the ancient geocentric worldview to a modern understanding of planetary motion, often called the Copernican Revolution, is one of the great intellectual achievements of humankind. This book provides a deep yet accessible explanation of the scientific disputes over our place in the solar system and the work of the great scientists who helped settle them. Readers will come away knowing not just that the Earth orbits the Sun, but why we believe that it does so. The Copernican Revolution also provides an excellent case study of what science is and how it works.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: mysterious skies; 1.1 Three mysteries; 1.2 Why should you read this book?; 1.3 The nature of science; 1.4 Changing knowledge; 2 Two spheres: modeling the heavens and the Earth; 2.1 Watching the stars; 2.1.1 The circling skies; 2.1.2 Numbers on the sky; 2.2 Tracking the Sun; 2.2.1 Changing seasons; 2.2.2 Sticks and shadows; 2.2.3 The ecliptic circle; 2.2.4 Constellations of the zodiac; 2.3 Around the Earth; 2.3.1 North and south; 2.3.2 The Earth's curve; 2.3.3 A matter of time
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Formatted contents note 2.4 Precession: a third sphere2.5 Reflections on science; 3 Wanderers: the Moon and the planets; 3.1 The ever-changing Moon; 3.1.1 The Moon's motion against the stars; 3.1.2 Lunar phases; 3.1.3 Lunar calendars; 3.2 Eclipses: hiding the Sun and Moon; 3.3 Solar and lunar distances; 3.3.1 Aristarchus on the distances and sizes; 3.3.2 Parallax: watching from two places at once; 3.4 The wandering stars; 3.4.1 Strange motions; 3.4.2 Inferior planets; 3.4.3 Superior planets; 3.5 Reflections on science; 3.5.1 Categories and classification; 3.5.2 Correlation and causation
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Formatted contents note 3.5.3 The power of mathematics3.5.4 Astronomical vocabulary; 4 An Earth-centered cosmos: astronomy and cosmology from Eudoxus to Regiomontanus; 4.1 Spheres within spheres; 4.1.1 The homocentric spheres of Eudoxus; 4.1.2 The Eudoxan planets; 4.1.3 Refinements and flaws; 4.2 Ancient Greek cosmology: Plato and Aristotle; 4.2.1 Plato's cosmology; 4.2.2 The Aristotelian cosmos; 4.2.3 Aristotle's physics; 4.3 Heavenly circles and predictive astronomy; 4.3.1 Epicycles and eccentrics; 4.3.2 The greatest: Ptolemy's Almagest; 4.3.3 The Planetary Hypotheses; 4.4 Astronomy and cosmology after Ptolemy
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Formatted contents note 4.4.1 Criticisms of Ptolemy4.4.2 Criticism of Aristotle; 4.4.3 New additions; 4.5 Reflections on science (and history of science); 5 Moving the Earth: the revolutions of Copernicus; 5.1 On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres; 5.2 Copernican planetary theory; 5.3 The order of the heavens; 5.4 Problems and purpose; 5.5 Reflections on science; 6 Instruments of reform: Tycho's restoration of observational astronomy; 6.1 The reception of De revolutionibus; 6.2 The noble astronomer; 6.3 Breaking the spheres; 6.4 Stars against Copernicus; 6.5 The Tychonic system; 6.6 Reflections on science
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Formatted contents note 7 Physical causes: Kepler's new astronomy7.1 The secret of the universe; 7.2 A new astronomy from physical causes; 7.3 The war on Mars; 7.4 The harmony of the world; 7.5 Reflections on science; 8 Seeing beyond Aristotle: Galileo's controversies; 8.1 Message from the stars; 8.2 Many controversies; 8.3 Moving beyond Aristotle; 8.4 Astronomy after Galileo; 8.5 Reflections on science; 9 The system of the world: Newton's universal physics; 9.1 Curious characters: Newton and Hooke; 9.1.1 Isaac Newton; 9.1.2 Robert Hooke; 9.2 Letters between rivals; 9.3 The Principia: Books I and II
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Celestial mechanics
General subdivision Study and teaching (Higher)
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Astronomy
General subdivision Study and teaching (Higher)
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Planetary theory
General subdivision Study and teaching (Higher)
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Astronomy
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element SCIENCE / Astronomy
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Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
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Personal name Wallace, Paul,
Dates associated with a name 1968-
Relator term author.
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