Journey of Ideas About the Earth

From Flat Disc to Blue Marble

Häftad, Engelska, 2027

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Who conceived the idea of a symbol for zero and invented the decimal number system? How did Copernicus get the idea that the Earth goes around the Sun as opposed to the Sun going around the Earth as Aristotle posited? Journey of Ideas About the Earth answers these and other questions about the size and shape of the Earth (geodesy), its place in the Solar System (astronomy), and the development of tools to study it analytically (mathematics).Following two themes, this book presents the concept that the growth of knowledge results from a journey of ideas. The first theme is that our knowledge grew because humankind undertook a journey of ideas over millennia and civilizations. The second is that the growth of ideas occurred during periods of sustained, hospitable environments for scholarly pursuits. Pradeep Talwani labels these the Bright Ages and illustrates these concepts with a carefully researched and organized narrative that describes how we learned about the Earth we live on. Spanning 5,000 years, this book describes the growth of knowledge as a continuous journey of ideas from ancient civilizations to the Greeks, Indians, Arabs, and Europeans, highlighting lesser-known ideas as well as new research that resulted in previously unpublished discoveries.

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Utgivningsdatum2027-04-26
Mått156 x 235 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor360
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780197809266

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PrefacePrologueChapter 1. Zero, the Journey of an IdeaChapter 2. The BeginningChapter 3. Decline of the Harappan CivilizationChapter 4. Early MetrologyChapter 5. From a Flat Earth to a Round OneChapter 6. Destination AlexandriaChapter 7. The Giants Come to AlexandriaChapter 8. The Earth in SpaceChapter 9. India Introduces Mathematics to the JourneyChapter 10. Mathematics and Astronomy in the Vedic AgeChapter 11. The Bakhshali ManuscriptChapter 12. Buddhism Brings Bright Ages to GandharaChapter 13. The Invention of ZeroChapter 14. The Classical Age of Mathematics in IndiaChapter 15. The Emergence of Kerala MathematicsChapter 16. Historical InterludeChapter 17. New Architects of the House of WisdomChapter 18. The PolymathChapter 19. The GeodesistChapter 20. Arab Astronomers Overtake PtolemyChapter 21. The Journey Returns to EuropeChapter 22. The ForerunnersChapter 23. A Heliocentric UniverseChapter 24. The Journey of a New IdeaChapter 25. The First AstrophysicistChapter 26. The Age of the TelescopeChapter 27. New Mathematical ToolsChapter 28. The Last Leg of the JourneyChapter 29. Return of Team ScienceChapter 30. A Cause CélèbreEpilogue