《The Fabric of The Heavens》

作者	Stephen Toulmin and June Goodf 编者
出版	Penguin Books Ltd.
参考页数	320
出版时间	1961（求助前请核对）目录预览
ISBN号	无 — 求助条款
PDF编号	818130218（仅供预览，未存储实际文件）
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS7

AUTHORS＇ FOREWORD11

GENERAL INTRODUCTION：COSMOLOGY15

Part Ⅰ：The Sources of the Old Order25

1CELESTIAL FORECASTING27

The Sources28

The Problems31

The Background of the Problems35

The Solution to the Problems39

The Wider Issues46

How the Babylonians Computed Conjunctions55

2THE INVENTION OF THEORY58

The Sources58

The Background60

The Character of Greek Theory65

The First Theories72

From Ingredients to Axioms77

Plato＇s Geometrical Astronomy87

3THE PREMATURE SYNTHESIS98

Aristotle＇s Programme99

Motion and Change101

The Celestial Mechanism114

The Size of the Earth＇s Sphere122

4 DOUBTERS AND HERETICS125

Patching up the Dynamics127

Amending the Astronomy129

Aristrachos＇s Heliocentric Theory132

5 PHYSICS LOSES MOMENTUM139

Four Questions140

The Political Background to Late Greek Astronomy142

The Scientific Background：The Retreat from Physics144

The Scientific Background：An Acquisition148

Ptolemy＇s Mathematical Astronomy150

the Wider Revolt against Philosophy157

Archimedes and the Circle162

Part Ⅱ：The New Perspective and its Consequences167

6THE INTERREGNUM169

The Roundabout Journey169

The Medieval Revival175

The Background to Copernicus178

Medieval Arguments about the Moving Earth182

Copernicus：His Aim and his Theory187

Copernicus：His Achievement193

7PREPARING THE GROUND200

The Background of the New Science200

The Work of Tycho Brahe202

Galileo＇s Telescopic Discoveries208

Johann Kepler＇s Astronomical Physics218

8THE CREATION OF MECHANICS230

The Change from Aristotle to Newton231

Treating Motion Mathematically233

Motion and Force242

The New Ideal：Straight-Line Motion247

9THE NEW PICTURE TAKES SHAPE250

The Man and his Task251

Newton＇s Argument255

The Character of Newton＇s Achievement262

The Unity of Craft and Theory268

10THE WIDENING HORIZON274

The Loose Ends：(1) Planetary Inequalities274

The Loose Ends：(2) The Mechanism of Gravity280

The Larger-Scale Picture286

The Wider Influences of Newton289

Certainty and Scientific Theory294

INDEX301

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