This wild abyss : the story of the men who made modern astronomy

This wild abyss : the story of the men who made modern astronomy /

An history of astronomy presentedlargely through biographies of its founders, from the early Greeks through Ptotemy to Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton, interwoven with the cultural history of western Europe, showing the background from which they emerged.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christianson, Gale E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Free Press, ©1978.
Subjects:
Astronomy > History.
Astronomie > Histoire.
Astronomy.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The dawn of human consciousness : Beyond memory ; The beginnings ; Of villages ; Kingdoms come ; The stars ; Ancient time ; Hydraulics and megamechanics
  • The ancient view of the cosmos : The background of Greek astronomy ; Homer and Hesiod ; Ionians and Pythagoreans ; The Stagirite ; The forgotten heliocentrist ; Circles on circles
  • The medieval world and universe : The demise of classical civilization ; The heavenly city ; Christian time and history ; A light from the east ; Revival ; The Thomistic synthesis ; The rebirth of astrology
  • Nicolas Copernicus: conservative and revolutionary : A new world of new ideas ; Young man of the Renaissance ; The uncle's captive ; The making of an astronomer ; Enter Rheticus ; The Copernican system ; The question of infinity
  • Tycho Brahe: the imperious observer : The rebellious scion ; Nova ; Lord of Hveen ; The Tychonic system ; The exile
  • Johannes Kepler: The mystical lawgiver : The misfit ; Passions of the heart and mind ; A meeting of giants ; The lawgiver ; Before the storm ; Season of the witch ; Harmony from chaos
  • Galileo Galilei : the challenge of reason : A generational rebel ; The silent conversion ; The devil's scepter ; Campaigning for Copernicus ; The call of 1616 ; Philosophic interlude ; Inquisition
  • Sir Isaac Newton : the grand synthesizer : A considerable gift ; The world of the virtuosi ; Up to Cambridge ; The new Moses ; Lucasian professor ; The Principia ; Newton and God ; The parting
  • The Copernican revolution: the nature of scientific discovery : The fairy ring ; The questions of children ; The edge of objectivity
  • Appendix: Some important dates in the history of astronomy : 1473-1727.

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