General History of Astronomy
Contributors: Reni Taton (Editor); Curtis Wilson (Editor); Michael Hoskin (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 25, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780521351683
Subjects: Astronomy, Space & Time; History of science; Science; Solar System; Science/Mathematics; Astronomy - General; Astronomy--History; Science / Astronomy; Astronomy; Astrophysics; History
First sentence: Evidence of the intimate acquaintance that Isaac Newton (1642-1727) had with Rene Descartes's Principia philosophiae (1644) is to be found in some of his earliest manuscripts.