A History of Astronomy by Walter W. BRYANT read by Various Part 1/2 | Full Audio Book

Описание: A History of Astronomy by Walter W. BRYANT (1865 - 1923)
Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography, Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

Read by: Availle, Adrian Stephens, Alan Mapstone, Son of the Exiles, Marya James, rreiman, J. M. Smallheer, Amanda Mehl, realisticspeakers, Paul Harvey, jr6524, djblackett, Alix Grace, Marvin, drwolfe88, VTDave in English

Parts:
Part 2    • A History of Astronomy by Walter W. BRYANT...  

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 00 - Preface
00:02:19 - 01 - I Early Notions
00:13:47 - 02 - II The Eastern Nations of Antiquity
00:24:08 - 03 - III The Greeks
00:44:24 - 04 - IV The Arabs
00:50:48 - 05 - V The Revival - Copernicus - Tycho Brahe
01:10:00 - 06 - VI Kepler - Galileo
01:24:16 - 07 - VII Newton
01:35:10 - 08 - VIII Newton's Successors: Laplace
01:51:45 - 09 - IX Flamsteed - Halley - Bradley - Herschel
02:10:24 - 10 - X The Early Nineteenth Century - Neptune
02:26:14 - 11 - XI Herschel - Bessel - Struve
02:49:35 - 12 - XII Comets
03:01:54 - 13 - XIII The Sun - Eclipses - Parallax
03:24:52 - 14 - XIV General Astronomy and Celestial Mechanics
03:49:51 - 15 - XV Observatories and Instruments
04:05:23 - 16 - XVI Adjustment of Observations - Personal Errors
04:13:17 - 17 - XVII The Sun
04:37:19 - 18 - XVIII Solar Spectroscopy
04:58:48 - 19 - XIX Solar Eclipses - Spectroscopy
05:25:04 - 20 - XX The Moon
05:38:44 - 21 - XXI The Earth
05:51:24 - 22 - XXII The Interior Planets
06:05:28 - 23 - XXIII Mars
06:24:06 - 24 - XXIV Minor Planets
06:35:23 - 25 - XXV The Major Planets
06:58:00 - 26 - XXVI The Solar System

In this book, Walter W. Bryant traces the history of astronomy through the ages. We start at the very beginning, where astronomy was an occupation of priests, move with the help of the Arabs through the middle ages to the (re-) discovery of the heliocentric system by Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo. A discussion of Newton and his laws follows as well as a description of the biographies and works of successors like Halley, Herschel, and Bessel. The second half of the book deals with (at the time) recent discoveries with respect to our solar system and the comets, meteors, and stars beyond. (Summary by Ava)

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