Histories of Scientific InsightsLulu.com, 2007 - 384 páginas Histories of Scientific Insights is a walk through time, from the birth of civilization to the present, looking at key discoveries, detailing the people and the context of those discoveries. The focus is on concepts we use daily about which we wonder occasionally where they came from. |
Contenido
THE DISTANCE TO THE STARS | 15 |
THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE | 36 |
ASTROLOGY | 50 |
SUMERIAN CALENDAR | 63 |
UNITS OF MEASUREMENT | 79 |
FORCE POWER AND WORK | 95 |
NICOLAS COPERNICUS 14731543 | 110 |
JOHANNES KEPLER 15711630 | 121 |
WHAT ABOUT FRACTIONS? | 203 |
NUMBER π | 218 |
GOOGOL AND ITS FRIENDS | 231 |
MAGIC SQUARES | 245 |
EUCLID 365 300 BC | 254 |
LEONHARD EULER 17071783 | 269 |
TWODIMENSIONAL LINE? 276 SNOWFLAKES NAPKINS PYRAMIDS | 282 |
SELFSIMILARITY | 300 |
ISAAC NEWTON 1643 1727 | 134 |
ALBERT EINSTEIN 18791955 | 148 |
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE NUMBER | 163 |
ROMAN NUMERALS | 177 |
ABOUT NUMBERS | 190 |
MATHEMATICS AND FINE ART | 315 |
GOLDEN SECTION IN NATURE | 330 |
PYTHAGOREAN GEOMETRY | 346 |
LEONARDO FIBONACCI LEONARDO PISANO 11751250 | 364 |
Términos y frases comunes
Academy ancient ancient Greek appeared Archimedes Aristarchus astronomer became began BEGINNING believed bodies born calculations calendar called century circle considered construction continued Copernicus course created death developed discoveries distance divided Earth equal Euler example famous father Fibonacci figure force four fractals French Galileo give Golden Section Greek Hand human ideas instance interesting introduced invented Italy Kepler known Laplace later laws length Leonardo lived MAGIC OF GEOMETRY MAN’S FIRST STEP mathematician mathematics means measurement method month Moon moved natural needed Newton observations original perfect philosopher physics places planets position presented prime probably problem proved published Pythagoras Pythagoreans result Roman scientific scientists seven side simple solar square stars studied Sumerian symbols theory triangle units Universe weight World write written wrote zero