Frame of the Universe

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Columbia University Press, Nov 15, 1985 - Computers - 284 pages
Durham and Purrington approach the history of the universe by exploring the frontiers of physics, while maintaining a long-standing interest in astronomy and cosmology. They stress that man can not fully understand himself until he understands the universe, of which he is a part.
 

Contents

Overview
1
Earliest Awareness
8
First Astronomy
22
The Fountainhead
43
Synthesis
51
Orb in Orb
62
Medieval Europe
74
Copernican Revolution 1
95
Newtonian Synthesis
147
Einstein
166
General Theory of Relativity
175
Primeval Atom
193
Gravitational Collapse
216
Appendix
243
Bibliography
267
Index
277

Copernican Revolution 2
111
Galileo Galilei
126

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References to this book

A Book of Reasons
John Vernon
Limited preview - 1999

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