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Our Celestial Clockwork: From Ancient Origins To Modern Astronomy Of The Solar System (Hardcover)
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Our Celestial Clockwork: From Ancient Origins To Modern Astronomy Of The Solar System (Hardcover)
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This book is a superposition of two distinct narratives: the first
is historical, discussing the evolution of astronomical knowledge
since the dawn of civilizations; the second is scientific,
conveying mathematical and physical content of each advancement.
Great scientists of antiquity, Middle Ages and modern times until
the 18th century, are presented along with their discoveries,
through short biographies and anecdotes. Special care is taken to
explain their achievements using mathematical and physical concepts
of their time, with modern perspective added only when ancient
methodology is too cumbersome or its language hardly understandable
to contemporary readers.The book conveys a lot of astronomical
facts and data in a pleasant and accessible manner. Almost all
findings and discoveries made in ancient times are followed by
simple mathematical exercises using basic knowledge, so that the
reader can check the assertions himself. The book contains a lot of
inedited illustrations. Geometrical schemes are given extra
attention to make the examples clear and understandable. The
language is simple and accessible to the young audience.
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