The Shape and Size of the Earth A Historical Journey from Homer to Artificial Satellites /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Boccaletti, Dino (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Geophysics.; Physics.; History.; Mathematics.; Philosophy and science.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; History of Science.; Mathematics of Planet Earth.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Philosophy of Science.

This book describes in detail the various theories on the shape of the Earth from classical antiquity to the present day and examines how measurements of its form and dimensions have evolved throughout this period. The origins of the notion of the sphericity of the Earth are explained, dating back t...