A History of Physical Theories of Comets, From Aristotle to Whipple

• Main Author: Heidarzadeh, Tofigh (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Archimedes: New Studies In The History And Philosophy Of Science And Technology, 19
• Subjects: History.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; History of Science.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

The book describes the major physical theories of comets in the past two millennia. It demonstrates the evolution of ideas about the nature, position, motion and physical constitution of comets from Aristotle to Whipple. Unlike the available works on the history of comets, which either illustrate re...

Table of Contents:

• Aristotle's Theory of Comets
• After Aristotle
• From Brahe to Newton
• Comets in Newtonian Physics
• After Newton
• Non-Newtonian Theories of Comets
• Comets in the Laplacian Cosmos
• Comets in the Post-Laplacian Era.