Todd Timberlake has taught physics and astronomy at Berry College, Georgia since 2001. He teaches courses on the Copernican Revolution, the history of galactic astronomy and cosmology, and extra-terrestrial life, among others. Although he usually teaches college students, he has taught audiences ranging from kindergarten children in the USA to Tibetan Buddhist monks in India. He is passionate about incorporating the history and philosophy of science into the teaching of science and he is an expert at using computers as a tool for teaching physics and astronomy.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface 1. Introduction: mysterious skies 2. Two spheres: modeling the heavens and the Earth 3. Wanderers: the Moon and the planets 4. An Earth-centered cosmos: astronomy and cosmology from Eudoxus to Regiomontanus 5. Moving the Earth: the revolutions of Copernicus 6. Instruments of reform: Tycho's restoration of observational astronomy 7. Physical causes: Kepler's new astronomy 8. Seeing beyond Aristotle: Galileo's controversies 9. The system of the world: Newton's universal physics 10. Confirming Copernicus: evidence for Earth's motions Appendix A. Mathematical details Notes References Index.
Preface 1. Introduction: mysterious skies 2. Two spheres: modeling the heavens and the Earth 3. Wanderers: the Moon and the planets 4. An Earth-centered cosmos: astronomy and cosmology from Eudoxus to Regiomontanus 5. Moving the Earth: the revolutions of Copernicus 6. Instruments of reform: Tycho's restoration of observational astronomy 7. Physical causes: Kepler's new astronomy 8. Seeing beyond Aristotle: Galileo's controversies 9. The system of the world: Newton's universal physics 10. Confirming Copernicus: evidence for Earth's motions Appendix A. Mathematical details Notes References Index.
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