Robyn Arianrhod (School of Mathematical Sc Adjunct Research Fellow

Thomas Harriot

A Life in Science

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Produktbeschreibung

A new biography of Thomas Harriot, the greatest unknown scientific mind of the Renaissance

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 161mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 652g
• ISBN-13: 9780190271855
• ISBN-10: 019027185X
• Artikelnr.: 53923319

Autorenporträt

Robyn Arianrhod is Adjunct Research Fellow at the School of Mathematical Sciences at Monash University. Her previous works include Seduced by Logic and Einstein's Heroes.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
Chapter 1: Harriot's London
Chapter 2: Sea Fever
Chapter 3: The Science of Sea and Sky
Chapter 4: Practical Navigation (and Why the Winds Blow)
Chapter 5: America at Last
Chapter 6: Preparing for "Virginia"
Chapter 7: Roanoke Island
Chapter 8: After Roanoke
Chapter 9: War, and a New Calendar
Chapter 10: New Chances
Chapter 11: Setback
Chapter 12: Royal Refraction
Chapter 13: Spirals and Turmoil
Chapter 14: Changing of the Guard
Chapter 15: Algebra, Rainbows, and Tragedy
Chapter 16: Solving the Rainbows
Chapter 17: Conversations with Kepler
Chapter 18: Atomic Speculations
Chapter 19: Searching the Skies
Chapter 20: Gravity
Chapter 21: Mathematics, Jamestown, Guiana
Chapter 22: The End of an Era
Chapter 23: All Things Must Pass
Epilogue: Resurrecting Harriot