Miscellaneous Works And Correspondence Of James Bradley Together With The Supplement
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The Life and Work of James Bradley
Author | : John Fisher |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 561 |
Release | : 2024-03-08 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 0198884206 |
The Life and Work of James Bradley: The New Foundations of 18th Century Astronomy is the first major work on the life and achievements of James Bradley for 190 years. This book offers a new perspective and new interpretations of previously published materials, together with various insights about recently researched sources. This book is a complete account of the life and work of Bradley as discerned from surviving documents of his working archive, as well as other documents and records. In addition, it offers a new interpretation of Bradley's work as an astronomer, not merely from his observations of Jupiter and Saturn and their satellites and annual aberration and the nutation of the Earth's axis, but also his corroborative work with pendulums and other horological work with George Graham. It also explores the little amount documented about his private life including a degree of speculation about his personal relationships. This work on 18th century astronomy is intended for students of the history of science, astronomy and 18th century English society, and for scholars seeking new lines of inquiry. It contains an extensive bibliography and a detailed chronology, both of which offer support for further reading and research.
Recreating Newton
Author | : Rebekah Higgitt |
Publisher | : University of Pittsburgh Press |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2016-09-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0822981793 |
Higgitt examines Isaac Newton's changing legacy during the nineteenth century. She focuses on 1820-1870, a period that saw the creation of the specialized and secularized role of the "scientist." At the same time, researchers gained better access to Newton's archives. These were used both by those who wished to undermine the traditional, idealised depiction of scientific genius and those who felt obliged to defend Newtonian hagiography. Higgitt shows how debates about Newton's character stimulated historical scholarship and led to the development of a new expertise in the history of science.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica ...
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 902 |
Release | : 1899 |
Genre | : Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Isaac Newton's Scientific Method
Author | : William L. Harper |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2011-12-08 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0191617903 |
Isaac Newton's Scientific Method examines Newton's argument for universal gravity and his application of it to resolve the problem of deciding between geocentric and heliocentric world systems by measuring masses of the sun and planets. William L. Harper suggests that Newton's inferences from phenomena realize an ideal of empirical success that is richer than prediction. Any theory that can achieve this rich sort of empirical success must not only be able to predict the phenomena it purports to explain, but also have those phenomena accurately measure the parameters which explain them. Harper explores the ways in which Newton's method aims to turn theoretical questions into ones which can be answered empirically by measurement from phenomena, and to establish that propositions inferred from phenomena are provisionally accepted as guides to further research. This methodology, guided by its rich ideal of empirical success, supports a conception of scientific progress that does not require construing it as progress toward Laplace's ideal limit of a final theory of everything, and is not threatened by the classic argument against convergent realism. Newton's method endorses the radical theoretical transformation from his theory to Einstein's. Harper argues that it is strikingly realized in the development and application of testing frameworks for relativistic theories of gravity, and very much at work in cosmology today.
Catalogus librorum impressorum Bibliothecae Collegii B. Mariae Magdalenae in Academia Oxoniensi
Author | : Magdalen College (University of Oxford). Library |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 658 |
Release | : 1862 |
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Between Theory and Observations
Author | : Steven Wepster |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2009-11-11 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 1441913149 |
In the 18th century, purely scientific interests as well as the practical necessities of navigation motivated the development of new theories and techniques to accurately describe celestial and lunar motion. "Between Theory and Observations" presents a detailed and accurate account, not to be found elsewhere in the literature, of Tobias Mayer's important contributions to the study of lunar motion—including the creation of his famous set of lunar tables, which were the most accurate of their time.