Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- PART I
- 1 What is cosmology?
- 2 Early scientific cosmology
- 3 Cartesian and Newtonian world systems
- 4 Cosmology after Newton and before Einstein
- 5 Stars
- 6 Galaxies
- 7 Location and the cosmic center
- 8 Containment and the cosmic edge
- 9 Space and time
- PART II
- PART III
- Appendix – Fundamental quantities
- Index
2 - Early scientific cosmology
from PART I
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- PART I
- 1 What is cosmology?
- 2 Early scientific cosmology
- 3 Cartesian and Newtonian world systems
- 4 Cosmology after Newton and before Einstein
- 5 Stars
- 6 Galaxies
- 7 Location and the cosmic center
- 8 Containment and the cosmic edge
- 9 Space and time
- PART II
- PART III
- Appendix – Fundamental quantities
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- CosmologyThe Science of the Universe, pp. 28 - 48Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000