The constellations we regognize today were the first mapped by the ancient Greeks, who arranges the stars into patterns for that purpose. In the third century BC Erastothenes compiled a handbook of astral mythology in which the constellations were…
René Descartes is vooral bekend van zijn beroemde ?Ik denk, dus ik ben?. Die zin
was de uitkomst van een poging om aanalles te twijfelen: je kunt aan alles
twijfelen, behalve aan het feit dat je denkt. In zijn tijd was Descartes echter
vooral bekend…
The only review in this instance will, unfortunately, be of little value to other readers. This is because I purchased this title during study research, and out of a general interest in this profoundly, intellectually diverse, historic figure. In…
On his deathbed in 1601, the greatest naked-eye astronomer, Tycho Brahe, told his young colleague, Johannes Kepler, “Let me not have lived in vain.” For more than thirty years, Tycho had made meticulous observations of planetary movements and the…
Als de Bruggeling Simon Stevin in 1581 uitwijkt naar Holland, is hij al een wetenschapper van formaat. Dat beseft ook Prins Maurits, wanneer ze elkaar in 1583 leren kennen aan de jonge Leidse universiteit. In de daaropvolgende jaren wordt Stevin niet…
Remarkable Discoveries shows how scientists have made great discoveries that have pushed back the frontiers of knowledge and have changed the way we look at the world. Frank Ashall, scientist and writer, takes us on a magical mystery tour of eighteen…
Subject: A study of the scientific principles of the universe and the instruments used to observe it. The 1962 book is described as "A history of man's investigation of the universe".Author's Work: Hoyle is famous for formulating the theory of…
De telescoop is zonder twijfel een van de verst reikende uitvindingen: hij onthult de geheimen van het universum, hij is een tijdmachine die miljarden jaren terug kan kijken. Fred Watson beschrijft vierhonderd jaar geschiedenis en de technologie…
Never before has time obsessed humanity as much as now. The more accurately we measure it, the more it worries us. Although we complain that it passes too quickly, we seldom question its fundamental characteristics or the methods we use to measure…