A Student's Guide Through the Great Physics Texts - Volume I: The Heavens and The Earth (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)

This book provides a chronological introduction to the sciences of astronomy and cosmology based on the reading and analysis of significant selections from classic texts, such as Ptolemy's The Almagest, Kepler's Epitome of Copernican Astronomy, Shapley's Galaxies and Lemaitre's The Primeval Atom. Each chapter begins with a short introduction followed by a reading selection. Carefully crafted study questions draw out key points in the text and focus the reader's attention on the author's methods, analysis, and conclusions. Numerical and observational exercises at the end of each chapter test the reader's ability to understand and apply key concepts from the text. The Heavens and the Earth is the first of four volumes in A Student's Guide Through the Great Physics Texts. This book grew out of a four-semester undergraduate physics curriculum designed to encourage a critical and circumspect approach to natural science, while at the same time preparing students for advanced coursework in physics. This book is particularly suitable as a college-level textbook for students of the natural sciences, history or philosophy. It also serves as a textbook for advanced high-school students, or as a thematically-organized source-book for scholars and motivated lay-readers. In studying the classic scientific texts included herein, the reader will be drawn toward a lifetime of contemplation.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
Release date:	September 2016
First published:	2015
Authors:	Kerry Kuehn
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	396
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
ISBN-13:	978-1-4939-5270-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Relativity physics > General
LSN:	1-4939-5270-6
Barcode:	9781493952700

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