ocm44732327, OCoLC, 2017-02-06, 000803s2001 nyua b 000 0 eng, 00061919, , , 0387951369 (softcover : alk. paper), 9780387951362 (softcover : alk. paper), , , , , (OCoLC)44732327, , , DLC, eng, DLC, C#P, OHX, BAKER, NLGGC, BTCTA, YDXCP, IG#, UBA, HEBIS, OCLCQ, CNCGM, BDX, , , pcc, , , QB 15, A15 2001, 0, 0, QB 15, P1808, Aaboe, Asger,, , , Episodes from the early history of astronomy /, Asger Aaboe., 1, 0, New York :, Springer,, 2001., , , New York :, Springer,, 2001., xv, 172 p. :, ill. ;, 24 cm., , , Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-172)., , , What Every Young Person Ought to Know About Naked-Eye Astronomy -- 1. Babylonian Arithmetical Astronomy -- 2. Greek Geometrical Planetary Models -- 3. Ptolemy's Cosmology -- 4. Kepler Motion Viewed from Either Focus., 0, , "In this book, Asger Aaboe selects a few significant "episodes" from early astronomy and treats them in detail, rather than attempting a general survey. First he gives a descriptive account of what one should see when one looks at the sky with the naked eye, unbiased by received knowledge, and with curiosity and wit. He then turns to the arithmetical astronomy of ancient Mesopotamia, where astronomy first became an exact science. Next are treated Greek geometrical devices accounting for planetary motion, culminating in Ptolemy's planetary models in his Almagest. Ptolemy does not here assign his models absolute size, but if properly scaled, they yield good values, not only of the directions to the planets, but also of the distances to them. In fact, there is evidence that Copernicus used parameters from the Almagest to find the dimensions of his system. There follows a discussion of modifications of Ptolemy's models by Islamic astronomers, who wanted to use only uniform circular motion, some of which Copernicus adopted. Aaboe concludes this section by clarifying precisely which problem was resolved by the heliocentric hypothesis, as well as by Tycho Brahe's arrangement."--BOOK JACKET., 1, , Modern Book, Purchase, , , 2008.077, , , Astronomy, , 0, History., Table of contents, Publisher description, 4, 4, 4, 1, , 2, http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/00061919.html, http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/00061919.html, http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0816/00061919-d.html, Otto Harrassowitz, HARR, , , har015001289, HELD BY AP$ - 308 OTHER HOLDINGS, , , c, a, m, 4, a, a44732327zDLCdURIhCoreiLCCkDDCnSummaryppcctContentsu20120427, a224616574zCLSbHARVARD UNIV, CABOT SCI LIBRhFull batchiLCCkDDCu20100708, a232524766zMCSbHARVARD UNIVhFull batchiLCCkDDCu20100723, a134903364zRBNbBROWN UNIVhCoreiLCCppccu20100716, a274448756zRBNbBROWN UNIVhCoreiLCCu20100802, a242842115zHLSbHARVARD UNIV, HARVARD COL LIBRhFull batchiLCCkDDCu20100704, a488842823zN15bNEW YORK UNIV, GROUP BATCHLOADhCoreiLCCkDDCppccu20100709, a176241584zPULbPRINCETON UNIVhFulliLCCkDDCppccu20100803, a367779469zUBYbBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV LIBRhCoreiLCCkDDCppccqcatu20100718, a154448975zMDAVPbAMERICAN INST OF PHYSICShFullppccu20100719, a269639681zSTFbSTANFORD UNIV LIBRhCoreiLCCkDDCppccu20100718, a190085487zPAUbUNIV OF PENNSYLVANIAhCoreiLCCkDDCu20100719, a487156393zTEUbTEMPLE UNIVhFullu20100714, a268115649zCUDbCAMBRIDGE UNIVhFullu20100723, a691552368zYUSbYALE UNIV LIBRhCoreiLCCkDDCppccu20101210, aZ0bAP$, DATE_RECEIVED, 2008-2-1, QB15 .A15 2001
