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Una supernova sul medioevo
Deals with the book of Giovanni Lupato called `SN1054: Una Supernova sul Medioevo' regarding the identification of the supernova of 1054 in the Latin West, Europe. Comments on Lupato's claims in the role of the supernova of 1054 in the supernova in…
The History of Mathematics: A Reader
In 1922 Barnes Wallis, who later invented the bouncing bomb immortalized in the movie The Dam Busters, fell in love for the first and last time, aged 35. The object of his affection, Molly Bloxam, was 17 and setting off to study science at…
Astronomer by Chance (Sloan Foundation Science Series)
Astronomer By Chance is an especially apt title. Living in the small, isolated village of Oldland Common midway between Bath and Bristol, the twin pursuits of the young Bernard Lovell, playing the church organ and playing cricket, gave no indication…
The Geometry of Rene Descartes
The great work that founded analytical geometry. Included here is the original French text, Descartes' own diagrams, together with the definitive Smith-Latham translation. "The greatest single step ever made in the progress of the exact sciences." —…
Opticks: Or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections & Colours of Light-Based on the Fourth Edition London, 1730
One of the most readable of all the great classics of physical science, Opticks comprises a comprehensive survey of 18th-century knowledge of light, describing Newtons own experiments with spectroscopy, colors, lenses, reflection, refraction and…
Modern Theories of the Universe, from Herschel to Hubble
This book provides an introduction to the fundamentals of stellar astronomy, a history of astronomy, and an account of how the science of astronomy challenged traditional philosophical and theological beliefs. Throughout the text are readings from…
