A history of physical theories of comets, from Aristotle to Whipple
By: Tofigh Heidarzadeh
Contributors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Series: Archimedes : new studies in the history and philosophy of science and technology -- v. 19; Archimedes (Dordrecht, Netherlands) -- v. 19.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [United States]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9781402083235; 9781402083228
Subjects: Comets; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-275) and index.
Table of contents: title: Aristotle's theory of comets; title: After Aristotle; title: From Brahe to Newton; title: Comets in Newtonian physics; title: After Newton; title: Non-Newtonian theories of comets; title: Comets in the Laplacian cosmos; title: Comets in the Post-Laplacian era.