Frame of the UniverseColumbia University Press, 15 nov. 1985 - 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. |
Table des matières
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 |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
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