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Reflections on the Astronomy of Glasgow
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Author | : David Clarke |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Astronomy |
ISBN | : 0748689281 |
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This scientific history includes the story of Glasgow's big bang of 1863, the controversy over the position of Astronomer Royal for Scotland and a historical survey of the eight observatories that once populated Glasgow.
Reflections on the Astronomy of Glasgow
Author | : David Clarke |
Publsiher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2013-05-24 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780748678914 |
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How Astronomy contributed to the educational enlightenment of Glasgow, to its society and to its commerce. The words 'Astronomy' and 'Glasgow' seem an incongruous juxtaposition, and yet the two are closely linked over 500 years of history. This is a tale of enlightenment and scientific progress at both institutional and public levels. Combined with the ambitions of civic commerce, it is a story populated with noteworthy personalities and intense rivalries.It is remarkable to realise that the first Astronomy teaching in the Glasgow 'Colledge' presented an Earth-centred Universe, prior to the Copernican revolution of the mid sixteenth Century. Glasgow was later known astronomically for the telescope observations of sunspots made by Wilson in the 1760s, but less well known are the ideas related to mono-chromaticity within light, to dew point and hoar frost, and Herschel's discovery of infra-red energy in solar radiation by application of Glasgow-made thermometers.This engrossing and entertaining scientific history includes the story of Glasgow's 'Big Bang' of 1863, the controversy over 'Astronomer Royal for Scotland' and a historical survey of the eight observatories that once populated Glasgow. David Clarke brings us a complex weave of science and accompanying social history in this unique and fascinating work.
Reflections on the Astronomy of Glasgow
Author | : David Clarke |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0748678891 |
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This engrossing and entertaining scientific history includes the story of Glasgow's 'Big Bang' of 1863, the controversy over 'Astronomer Royal for Scotland' and a historical survey of the eight observatories that once populated Glasgow.
Thomas Reid on Mathematics and Natural Philosophy
Author | : Thomas Reid |
Publsiher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 2017-07-28 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780748643394 |
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Reconstructs Reid's career as a mathematician and natural philosopher for the first time
Energy
Author | : Richard Rhodes |
Publsiher | : Simon & Schuster |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2019-06-11 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9781501105364 |
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A “meticulously researched” (The New York Times Book Review) examination of energy transitions over time and an exploration of the current challenges presented by global warming, a surging world population, and renewable energy—from Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes. People have lived and died, businesses have prospered and failed, and nations have risen to world power and declined, all over energy challenges. Through an unforgettable cast of characters, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes explains how wood gave way to coal and coal made room for oil, as we now turn to natural gas, nuclear power, and renewable energy. “Entertaining and informative…a powerful look at the importance of science” (NPR.org), Rhodes looks back on five centuries of progress, through such influential figures as Queen Elizabeth I, King James I, Benjamin Franklin, Herman Melville, John D. Rockefeller, and Henry Ford. In his “magisterial history…a tour de force of popular science” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), Rhodes shows how breakthroughs in energy production occurred; from animal and waterpower to the steam engine, from internal-combustion to the electric motor. He looks at the current energy landscape, with a focus on how wind energy is competing for dominance with cast supplies of coal and natural gas. He also addresses the specter of global warming, and a population hurtling towards ten billion by 2100. Human beings have confronted the problem of how to draw energy from raw material since the beginning of time. Each invention, each discovery, each adaptation brought further challenges, and through such transformations, we arrived at where we are today. “A beautifully written, often inspiring saga of ingenuity and progress…Energy brings facts, context, and clarity to a key, often contentious subject” (Booklist, starred review).
The Cambridge Companion to the Scottish Enlightenment
Author | : Alexander Broadie,Craig Smith |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 395 |
Release | : 2019-09-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781108420709 |
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Provides a comprehensive introduction to the full range of achievements of the Scottish thinkers who so profoundly influenced western culture.
Investigating the Origin of the Asteroids and Early Findings on Vesta
Author | : Clifford J. Cunningham |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 399 |
Release | : 2017-09-20 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9783319581187 |
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This book assesses the origin of asteroids by analyzing the discovery of Vesta in 1807. Wilhelm Olbers, who discovered Vesta, suggested that the asteroids were the result of a primordial planet’s explosion. Cunningham studies that idea in detail through the writings of Sir David Brewster in Scotland, the era's most prolific writer about the asteroids. He also examines the link between meteorites and asteroids, revealing a synergy between Ernst Chladni, Romantic symbolism, and the music of the spheres. Vesta was a lightning rod for controversy throughout the nineteenth century with observers arguing over its size and color, and the astounding notion that it was self-luminous. It was also a major force for change, as new methods in the field of celestial mechanics were developed to study the orbital perturbations it is subject to. A large selection of private correspondence and scientific papers complete the first comprehensive historical study of Vesta ever published. With a synoptic look at the four asteroids, Ceres, Pallas, Juno and Vesta, Cunningham provides a valuable resource on asteroid origins and explains how they were integrated into the newly revealed solar system of the early nineteenth century.
Progress of Astronomy
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 714 |
Release | : 1880 |
Genre | : Astronomy |
ISBN | : UCSC:32106016819325 |
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