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this groundbreaking work of astronomy proposed a heliocentric universe in which planets orbited the sun-daring to challenge the Ptolemaic ideal of the earth as the center of the universe. This essay by Copernicus (1473-1543), revolutionized the way…

Atomic physics and human knowledge 1933 - 1957

Essays on atomic physics and human knowledge 1958 – 1962

Atomic Theory and the description of Nature

Aristoteles (384 - 322 v.Chr.) was niet alleen een groot filosoof, wiens ideeën over het goede ('de gulden middenweg'), God ('de eerste beweger'), het lichaam ('de kerker van de ziel') en de natuur ('alles streeft naar perfectie') nog steeds worden…

Otto Frisch took part in some of the most momentous developments in modern physics, notably the discovery of nuclear fission (a term which he coined). His work on the first atom bomb, which he saw explode in the desert 'like the light of a thousand…

De Amerikaanse wetenschapsjournalist Overbye schrijft in dit boek over een van de boeiendste onderwerpen uit de natuurwetenschap: de speurtocht naar de oorsprong en de evolutie van het heelal; en over de wetenschappers die de vragen stellen naar het…

The Great Copernicus Chase describes 36 incidents drawn from the history of astronomy. The chapters range from Stonehenge and ancient Egypt, to the Great Comet of 1965, and to Albert Einstein. In this series of articles, arranged roughly…

1543 saw the publication of one of the most significant scientific works ever written: De revolutionibus (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres), in which Nicolaus Copernicus presented a radically different structure of the cosmos by placing the…