| 书目名称 | Early Investigations of Ceres and the Discovery of Pallas | | 副标题 | Historical Studies i | | 编辑 | Clifford Cunningham | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Continues from 1802 where earlier volume left off to reveal more on the history of the discovery of the first asteroid, emphasizing the mathematical and philosophical aspects of it.Whereas the first b | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .An asteroid scholar, Cunningham in this book picks up where his .Discovery of the First Asteroid, Ceres. left off in telling thestory of the impact created by the discovery of this new class of objectin the early 1800s. The best and brightest minds of mathematics,science, and philosophy were fascinated by Ceres,and figures as diverse as Gauss, Herschel, Brougham, Kant, and Laplaceall contributed something to the conversation. The first few chaptersdeal with the mathematical and philosophical aspects of the discovery,and the rivalry between Germany and France thatso affected science and astronomy of that era. The jockeying for gloryover the discovery of Ceres by both Piazzi and Bode is examined indetail, as is the reception given to Herschel’s use of the word‘asteroid.‘ Archival research that reveals the creatorof the word ‘asteroid‘ is presented in this book. . . . Astronomy was a truly cosmopolitan field at thetime, spanning across various disciplines, and the discovery of Pallas, astory completely told in these pages, exemplifies the excitement anddrama of early 1800s astronomy. All the privatecorrespondence about the study of Ceres and Pallas in 1802 is givenhere, which helps t | | 出版日期 | Book 2016Latest edition | | 关键词 | 19th Century Astronomy; Asteroid Discovery; Asteroids in Solar System; Celestial Mechanics of Asteroids | | 版次 | 2 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28815-4 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-80433-0 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-28815-4 | | copyright | Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 |
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