[PDF.14rt] Edmond Halley: Charting the Heavens and the Seas

Edmond Halley: Charting the Heavens and the Seas

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 | #1410062 in Books |  1998-04-09 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.30 x1.70 x6.50l, | File type: PDF | 576 pages

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||4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Amazing life and a book that needs editing|By Daniel Putman|The life of Halley is one that can leave a modern reader in disbelief. Halley was of course an astronomer. He was also a mathematician, one of only a handful who understood Newton's Principia. He was also an inventor, the first person to figure out the possibilities of a diving bell. Not only did he conceptualize such| |`This new biography of Halley puts the record straight, Alan Cook is particularly well qualified to write it. ... The book is a mine of information and the extensive references and notes ensure that the serious student will find it invaluable, but it is also

Best remembered today for the comet that bears his name, Edmond Halley was one of the great scientists of all time. He discovered the proper motion of stars, made important studies of the moon's motion, and his investigations of the Earth's magnetic field and of tides were unrivalled for centuries. Now, in this superb full-length biography, Alan Cook paints an unsurpassed portrait of this preeminent figure.
Halley played a crucial role in the Newtonian revolutio...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Edmond Halley: Charting the Heavens and the Seas   |  Alan Cook. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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