The Investigation of Difficult Things
Subtitle: Essays on Newton and the History of the Exact Sciences in Honour of D. T. Whiteside
Contributors: Peter M. Harman (Editor); Alan E. Shapiro (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 7, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 547
ISBN-13: 9780521892667
Subjects: History of science; Science/Mathematics; Science; General; History; Newton, Isaac, --Sir, --1642-1727; Newton, Isaac,--Sir,--1642-1727; Science / History; Technology / General; Technology : General
First sentence: In ancient and medieval astronomy lunar velocity is used to compute the duration of eclipses and the time from mean syzygy to true syzygy.