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Revolutionaries of the Cosmos
Ian Glass
其他書名
The Astro-Physicists
出版Oxford University Press, 2008-10-23
主題Science / Space Science / CosmologyScience / Physics / GeneralNature / Sky ObservationScience / History
ISBN01915639869780191563980
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=oxdREAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Galileo, Newton, Herschel, Huggins, Hale, Eddington, Shapley and Hubble: these astronomers applied ideas drawn from physics to astronomy and made dramatic changes to the world-pictures that they inherited. They showed that celestial objects are composed of the same materials as the earth and that they behave in the same way. They displaced successively the earth, the sun and finally the milky way galaxy from being the centre of the universe. This book contains their biographies and outlines their greatest discoveries. Hard work, physical insight, desire for fame and a strong belief in the rightness of their own ideas were characteristics of all eight. Their often quirky personalities led them into bitter controversies with their contemporaries. But their successes arose from the outstanding clarity of their thoughts, their practical ability and their strong sense of direction in science.