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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Norriss S. HetheringtonPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Greenwood Press Edition: Annotated edition Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9780313332418ISBN 10: 031333241 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 30 July 2006 Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years Audience: General/trade , Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , College/higher education , General , Educational: Primary & Secondary Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsHetherington covers the history of attempts to understand planetary motion, starting with the Babylonians, continuing through Plato and Ptolemy, and ending with Copernicus and Newton. He has written extensively on this subject and is the director of the Institute for the History of Astronomy at Berkeley. His expertise is evident in his clear, insightful overview of astronomy and the personalities of the people who pursued it, but what is unique is the ease with which he connects science to the cultures in which it was practiced. The index includes Bach, Julius Caesar, Dionysius, John Donne, Frederick II, Goethe, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Mohammed, Moliere (Moliere), Mozart, Voltaire, and even God. The writing is authoritative but also accessible and humorous: the conflict between Descartes' and Newton's understanding of gravity is summarized by the statement that In Paris everything was explained by a pressure that nobody understood; in London everything was explained by an attraction that nobody understood either. A thorough, engaging study. Highly recommended. General readers; lower- and upper-division undergraduates. -Choice <p> Now and again a resource comes along that provides a new look at an old, even ancient, topic. In this book, teachers of higher-level, secondary physics classes, along with their students, can discover a new perspective on the historical development of theories involving planetary motion. The author approaches the physics concepts of gravity, laws of motion, forces, and fields, among others, through its explanation of how great scientists of the past actually developed them....This books helps us understand the history that has brought us to our current physics practice, understanding, and instruction. As a resource for teachers or required reading for students, this book can help to provide a unique foundation for future physics classes. Through a detailed timeline and bibliography that supports its contents with research, its approach to the presentation of the material will truly keep readers involved. - <p>NSTA Recommends National Science Teachers Association Author InformationNorriss S. Hetherington is the director of the Institute for the History of Astronomy and a Visiting Scholar with the Office of the History of Science and Technology at the University of California, Berkeley. He has written extensively on the history of astronomy and cosmology, and has edited Encyclopedia of Cosmology: Historical, Philosophical, and Scientific Foundations of Modern Cosmology, and Cosmology: Historical, Literary, Philosophical, Religious, and Scientific Perspectives. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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