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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. ... my copy of this book and I am very disappointed that there are NO ILLUSTRATIONS ( just a notation ...By eds72I just received my copy of this book and I am very disappointed that there are NO ILLUSTRATIONS ( just a notation where the plates would be), and neither are there page numbers or Chapter divisions. This is very unhelpful when trying to assign the particular chapters. There is next to no formatting (all print is the same size, including chapter headers), but at least they chose a font that is readable. I am sure the content is the same as the original, but the publisher did not even bother to put its name on the book. I wish I had known; I would have looked for a better copy of this book.10 of 11 people found the following review helpful. history of astronomyBy MeiThis book was written in 1895, the printed edition has 271 pages (and has illustrations, which the e-book doesn't). At the moment of writing the author was Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at the University of Cambridge. In this book the lives of 18 astronomers are discribed, some of them are known to everyone, but some are not so generally known. The book starts with an introduction of a few pages on the history of astronomy.A list of the astronomers featured in this book:PTOLEMY, COPERNICUS, TYCHO BRAHE, GALILEO, KEPLER, ISAAC NEWTON, FLAMSTEED, HALLEY, BRADLEY, WILLIAM HERSCHEL, LAPLACE, BRINKLEY, JOHN HERSCHEL, THE EARL OF ROSSE, AIRY, HAMILTON, LE VERRIER, ADAMS.To give an idea of the content and style of writing I copy the first two phrases of the first astronomer featured in this book, Ptolemy:The career of the famous man whose name stands at the head of thischapter is one of the most remarkable in the history of humanlearning. There may have been other discoverers who have done morefor science than ever Ptolemy accomplished, but there never has beenany other discoverer whose authority on the subject of the movementsof the heavenly bodies has held sway over the minds of men for solong a period as the fourteen centuries during which his opinionsreigned supreme.I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the history of astronomy or science, and of course to everybody who is interested in any of the astronomers depicted in this book. I did find the manner in which this book was written quite dull and lifeless ('2-stars'), but because of the information it gives (worth '4-stars') I give it a '3-star' review.5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Great Astronomers KindleBy FFFosterI found this book fascinating covering 2000 years in the history of astronomy, and I enjoyed the rather quaint 19th century writing style. It explained the physics very well so that I was able to understand better such phenomena as the movements of heavenly bodies and the effects of their gravity however small, the precession of the equinoxes, the invention of the calculus. The discovery of Neptune was an amazing story. Knowledge was gradually accumulated over the centuries due to the hard work, dedication - often lifelong - and brilliance of these astronomers. Their biographies were most interesting as well. Over the last 110 years since this book was written our knowledge has increased exponentially.
Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805ndash;1865) was an Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician who made important contributions to mechanics, optics, and algebra. As a teenager, he mastered parts of Newton's Principia and studied Laplace's celestial mechanics treatise. When barely 22, Hamilton became a professor of astronomy at University of Dublin, however he was more interested in theoretical rather than practical astronomy. His studies of mechanical and optical systems led him to discover new mathematical concepts and techniques. His greatest contribution is perhaps the reformulation of Newtonian mechanics, now called Hamiltonian mechanics. This work has proven central to the modern study of classical field theories such as electromagnetism, and to the development of quantum mechanics. In mathematics, he is perhaps best known as the inventor of the quaternion, which is a mathematical concept that find uses in both theoretical and applied mathematics, in particular for calculations involving three-dimensional rotations such as in three-dimensional computer graphics, computer vision, and the attitude-control systems of spacecraft. Hamilton is said to have shown immense talent at a very early age. He had a remarkable aptitude for languages as a youth. As a young man, his talents turned to mathematics of astronomy and physics. Astronomer John Brinkley remarked of the 18-year-old Hamilton, "This young man, I do not say will be, but is, the first mathematician of his age
About the AuthorSir Robert Stawell Ball FRS (July 1, 1840 ndash; November 25, 1913) was an Irish astronomer who founded the screw theory. He was the son of naturalist Robert Ball and Amelia Gresley Hellicar. He was born in Dublin. Ball worked for Lord Rosse from 1865 to 1867. In 1867 he became Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Royal College of Science in Dublin. There he lectured on mechanics and published an elementary account of the science. In 1874 Ball was appointed Royal Astronomer of Ireland and Andrews Professor of Astronomy in the University of Dublin at Dunsink Observatory. In 1908 he published A Treatise on Spherical Astronomy, which is a textbook on astronomy starting from spherical trigonometry and the celestial sphere, considering atmospheric refraction and aberration of light, and introducing basic use of a generalised instrument.
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