Unifying the universe : the physics of Heaven and Earth /: the physics of Heaven and Earth. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hasan S. Padamsee.
• Authors: Padamsee, Hasan, 1945-
• Contents: PART 1: THE EARTH; The Shapes of Nature: Beginnings of Scientific Thought; Matter in Motion-An Elementary Quest: Beyond Reason and Observation; Science Lost, Science Regained: The Rise of Empiricism; Terrestrial Motion: Dynamic Symmetries; ; PART 2: THE HEAVENS; Celestial Motion: A Heavenly Romance with the Solar System; Spherical Models: Scaling the Cosmos; Reformation and Revolution: Changing Perspectives; Laws of Motion in the Heavens: Opening New Doors through Precision; A New Heaven: A Wide-Open Universe; ; PART 3: SYNTHESIS; Rise of the Mechanical Universe: Unifying Space and Time; Universal Gravitation: The First Synthesis; Epilogue: Unity in Physics; Chapter End Notes; Sources and Bibliography; Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 530.09; Physics -- History; Cosmology -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482289497
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