Measuring the universe our historic quest to chart the horizons of space and time
A veteran popularizer of science, Ferguson traces how people in western history have attempted to measure space from the ancient Greeks to modern physicists and astronomers. She begins with Eratosthenes' accurate measurement of the circumference of the Earth in the third century BC and progress...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Walker
1999
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| Zusammenfassung: | A veteran popularizer of science, Ferguson traces how people in western history have attempted to measure space from the ancient Greeks to modern physicists and astronomers. She begins with Eratosthenes' accurate measurement of the circumference of the Earth in the third century BC and progresses to the theories of Stephen Hawking and his contemporaries. Her account is for general readers. She includes a glossary that does not indicate pronunciation. |
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| Beschreibung: | VIII, 342 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 0802713513 |