Search Results

Display Settings
Results per page: 10
Sort By: Relevance
Filter

Your Filters

Content Provider : Complementary Index Filter by : Author
Reset filters
Item request has been placed! ×
Item request cannot be made. ×
loading  Processing Request
Academic Journal

Kepler's Optical Part of Astronomy (1604): Introducing the Ecliptic Instrument.

Subjects: HISTORY of astronomy; ASTRONOMY manuals; ASTRONOMYKEPLER, Johannes, 1571-1630

  • Source: Perspectives on Science; Fall2009, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p307-345, 39p, 8 Black and White Photographs, 16 Diagrams

Record details

Read Online Read More Add to Saved list
×
Academic Journal

What Keeps the Earth in Its Place? The Concept of Stability in Plato and Aristotle.

Subjects: EARTH (Planet); SYMMETRIC functions; STABILITY (Mechanics)PLATO, 428-347 B.C.; ARISTOTLE, 384-322 B.C.

  • Source: Centaurus: Journal of the European Society for the History of Science; Oct2008, Vol. 50 Issue 4, p305-323, 19p

Record details

Read Online Read More Add to Saved list
×
Academic Journal

Searching for Asses, Finding a Kingdom: The Story of the Invention of the Scanning Tunnelling Microscope (STM).

Subjects: TUNNEL design & construction; SCANNING systems; MICROSCOPES

  • Source: Annals of Science; Jan2008, Vol. 65 Issue 1, p101-125, 25p, 4 Black and White Photographs, 2 Diagrams, 2 Graphs

Record details

Read Online Read More Add to Saved list
×
Academic Journal

Geometry of Light and Shadow: Francesco Maurolyco (1494-1575) and the Pinhole Camera.

Subjects: GEOMETRY; LIGHT; PINHOLE camerasMAUROLYCO, Francesco

  • Source: Annals of Science; Oct2007, Vol. 64 Issue 4, p549-578, 30p, 2 Color Photographs, 6 Black and White Photographs, 1 Illustration, 11 Diagrams, 2 Graphs

Record details

Read Online Read More Add to Saved list
×
Academic Journal

CELESTIAL CHARTS AND SPHERICAL TRIANGLES: THE UNIFYING POWER OF SYMMETRY.

Subjects: CONSTELLATIONS; SYMMETRY; ASTRONOMYFLAMSTEED, John, 1646-1719; HEULER, Robert

  • Source: Journal for the History of Astronomy; Feb2007, Vol. 38 Issue 1, p1-14, 14p, 2 Diagrams

Record details

Read More Add to Saved list
×
Academic Journal

Reviews.

Subjects: SCIENCE & civilization; PHILOSOPHY & science; SCIENCE

  • Source: Centaurus: Journal of the European Society for the History of Science; Oct2006, Vol. 48 Issue 4, p314-336, 23p

Record details

Read Online Read More Add to Saved list
×
Academic Journal

Unpacking "For Reasons of Symmetry": Two Categories of Symmetry Arguments.

Subjects: SYMMETRY; GROUP theory; SYMMETRY groupsWEYL, Hermann, 1885-1955; VAN Fraassen, Bas C., 1941-; CURIE, Pierre, 1859-1906

  • Source: Philosophy of Science; Oct2006, Vol. 73 Issue 4, p419-439, 21p

Record details

Read Online Read More Add to Saved list
×
Academic Journal

CAN ERROR IMPLY EXISTENCE? ST. AUGUSTINE, THE SKEPTICS, AND DESCARTES.

Subjects: THEORY of knowledge; PHILOSOPHY; SKEPTICISM

  • Source: Philosophy & Theology; 2006, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p201-218, 18p

Record details

Read More Add to Saved list
×
Academic Journal

Adding Velocities without Exceeding the Velocity of Light: Wilhelm Wien’s Algorithm (1904) and Albert Einstein’s Light Postulate (1905).

Subjects: RELATIVITY (Physics); LIGHT; ALGORITHMSWIEN, Wilhelm

  • Source: Centaurus: Journal of the European Society for the History of Science; Apr2006, Vol. 48 Issue 2, p89-113, 25p

Record details

Read Online Read More Add to Saved list
×
Academic Journal

Kant vs. Legendre on Symmetry: Mirror Images in Philosophy and Mathematics.

Subjects: SYMMETRY; PROPORTION; MATHEMATICS

  • Source: Centaurus: Journal of the European Society for the History of Science; Oct2005, Vol. 47 Issue 4, p283-297, 15p, 1 Diagram

Record details

Read Online Read More Add to Saved list
×