Our place in the universe = understa...
Kwok, Sun.

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  • Our place in the universe = understanding fundamental astronomy from ancient discoveries /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
    正題名/作者: Our place in the universe/ by Sun Kwok.
    其他題名: understanding fundamental astronomy from ancient discoveries /
    作者: Kwok, Sun.
    出版者: Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2017.,
    面頁冊數: xxv, 267 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
    內容註: Humans and the Sky -- Effects of Celestial Motions on Human Activities -- Ancient Models of the Universe -- Turning of the Heavens -- A Spherical Earth -- Journey of the Sun Among the Stars -- A Two-Sphere Universe -- Dance of the Moon -- The Calendars -- The Wanderers -- The Mystery of Uneven Seasons -- Size of the Earth -- Cycles upon Cycles -- Cosmology According to Aristotle -- The Post-Ptolemy World -- The Copernicus Revolution -- Does the Earth Really go Around the Sun? -- The Legacy of Copernicus -- A New Star in the Sky -- The Imperfect Heaven -- Unification of Heaven and Earth -- Epilogue -- Further reading -- Appendix I Longitudes and latitudes of cities -- Appendix II Astronomical measurements -- Appendix III How long does it take for the Sun to rise and set? -- Appendix IV What is the length of the day? -- Appendix V What time is noon? -- Appendix VI How far can we see? -- Appendix VII Decrease of the obliquity of the ecliptic -- Appendix VIII Synodic and sidereal periods -- Appendix IX Modern evidence onf the roundness of the Earth -- Appendix X Modern evidence of the rotation and revolution of the Earth -- Appendix XI Escape from Earth -- Appendix XII Travel to the planets -- Review exercises -- Laboratory exercises -- Glossary.
    Contained By: Springer eBooks
    標題: Cosmology. -
    電子資源: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54172-3
    ISBN: 9783319541723
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