Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Johannes Kepler and the new astronomy Johannes Kepler and the new astronomy James R. Voelkel A biography of the German astronomer who discovered three laws of planetary motion. OL16929903W
The Nature of time The Nature of time Michael Lockwood,Raymond Flood Dit boek bevat de tekst van een serie lezingen die in 1985 gehouden werd in Oxford. Thema: de tijd, en met name de problematiek van de tijd zoals die speelt in de moderne thermodynamica, de kosmologi… OL17805022W
Astronomy encyclopedia Astronomy encyclopedia Patrick Moore "The Astronomy Encyclopedia is an interstellar tour led by the acclaimed Sir Patrick Moore, England's ambassador to the night sky. In more than 3000 alphabetically organized articles and over 600 pho… OL18019181W
National Geographic picture atlas of our universe National Geographic picture atlas of our universe Roy A. Gallant,Margaret Sedeen Text, photographs, paintings, and maps explore the history of astronomy, the solar system, the universe, and new space discoveries. OL1809308W
The birth of a new physics The birth of a new physics I. Bernard Cohen Relates man's search from the sixteenth century to the present for a physics to describe the dynamics of a universe in motion. OL1977469W
Suske en Wiske ruimteboek Suske en Wiske ruimteboek Govert Schilling Samen met Suske en Wiske wordt een reis door de ruimte gemaakt, waarbij allerlei zaken over sterren en planeten in korte teksten en gekleurde illustraties worden uitgelegd. Vanaf ca. 10 jaar. OL24809314W
Tibaldo and the Hole in the Calendar Tibaldo and the Hole in the Calendar Abner Shimony Historical novel for children. The story of how an eleven-year-old boy growing up in 16th century Italy loses his birthday when the Gregorian calendar replaces the Julian calendar in 1582, and how… OL2623738W
Longitude Longitude Dava Sobel The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--"the longitude problem." Anyone alive … OL265465W
Cosmic discovery Cosmic discovery Martin Harwit An investigation into the complexity of the universe. OL2706503W
Kijk op sterren en planeten Kijk op sterren en planeten R. van Helden In 15 hoofdstukken wordt verteld over sterrenkundige ontdekkingen, de wijze waarop sterrenkundigen hun onderzoek doen en tot verklaringen komen OL27677753W
Frame of the universe Frame of the universe Frank Durham The authors follow the history of cosmological ideas from ancient to modern times at a level suitable for non-specialist college courses and general reading. OL9162938W