Astronomy · In English · 1893
Pioneers of Science
From Copernicus to Newton: how a few stubborn people worked out how the sky really moves, told by the physicist Oliver Lodge.
32 chapters · about 8 h of reading
Opening the book
How the book begins
There are several mathematical formulas within the text. They are represented as follows: Superscripts: x^3 Subscripts: x_3 Square Root: [square root] Greek Letters: [pi], [theta].
This book takes its origin in a course of lectures on the history and progress of Astronomy arranged for me in the year 1887 by three of my colleagues (A.C.B., J.M., G.H.R.), one of whom gave the course its name.
If I may claim for them any merit, I should say it consists in their simple statement and explanation of scientific facts and laws. The biographical details are compiled from all readily available sources, there is no novelty or originality about them; though it is hoped that there may be some vividness. I have simply tried to present a living figure of each Pioneer in turn, and to trace his influence on the progress of thought.
Contents
- 01Opening
- 02Opening
- 03Part I
- 04Lecture I (1/2)
- 05Lecture I (2/2)
- 06Lecture II
- 07Lecture III (1/2)
- 08Lecture III (2/2)
- 09Lecture IV
- 10Lecture V (1/2)
- 11Lecture V (2/2)
- 12Lecture VI (1/2)
- 13Lecture VI (2/2)
- 14Lecture VII
- 15Lecture VIII (1/2)
- 16Lecture VIII (2/2)
- 17Lecture IX (1/2)
- 18Lecture IX (2/2)
- 19Part II
- 20Lecture X
- 21Lecture XI
- 22Lecture XII
- 23Lecture XIII
- 24Lecture XIV
- 25Lecture XV
- 26Lecture XVI
- 27Lecture XVII (1/2)
- 28Lecture XVII (2/2)
- 29Lecture XVIII (1/2)
- 30Lecture XVIII (2/2)
- 31C Castelli, 112, 133
- 32L Lagrange, 193, 234, 255, 256, 257, 258, 263
About this edition
Public domain: the author died in 1940, more than seventy years ago, and the book was first published in 1893. It is free to read, copy and share in the EU, Russia and the United States.
We removed the source's wrapper, rejoined the lines and split the book into chapters. The words are the author's.