Newtons naam is verbonden aan veel wetten en theorieën. We kennen 'de newton' als eenheid van kracht, de bewegingswetten van Newton en de zwaartekrachtstheorie van Newton. De laatste wordt vaak geïllustreerd aan de hand van de beroemde anekdote met…
This is a history of human efforts to understand the mechanics of the solar system, reaching from classical Greece to the present. By the time of Isaac Newton, there was reason to hope that the stability of the solar system could be proven and that…
This new catalogue is a thorough listing and revision of objects catalogued a century ago by the famous observer J.L.E.Dreyer. This new edition lists 13,226 nebulae, star clusters and galaxies.
Bohr was the first to understand how atoms were put together, he played a major role in shaping the theory of the atomic nucleus, he decoded the atomic spectrum of hydrogen, an achievement which marks him as the founder of the quantum dynamics of…
Sinds de tijd van Euclides meer dan tweeduizend jaar geleden was er de klassieke, euclidische meetkunde met haar cirkels, driehoeken en de stelling van Pythagoras en van Thalys. Ze werd beschouwd als een logisch systeem, een eeuwige waarheid, een…
Designed to introduce more aspects of natural history to children, this is an indepth exploration of the night sky. It features fold-out pages to aid immediate reference and a protective laminated cover.
This is considered to be the most famous star atlas in the world - known by generations of amateur astronomers as simply "Nortons". It is designed to be a leading reference handbook for astronomers. The handbook has been revised and redesigned by a…