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This book investigates, through the problem of the earth's shape, part of the development of post-Newtonian mechanics by the Parisian scientific community durin

The Life and Work of James Bradley: The New Foundations of 18th Century Astronomy is the first major work on the life and achievements of James Bradley for 190

The planet as seen by its inhabitants In two millenia, our knowledge of the planet and its natural laws and forces has undergone remarkable changes--from the re

In this monograph, Steffen Ducheyne provides a historically detailed and systematically rich explication of Newton’s methodology. Throughout the pages of this

This book describes in detail the various theories on the shape of the Earth from classical antiquity to the present day and examines how measurements of its fo