Edmond Halley: Charting the Heavens and the Seas.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Schutzumschlag mit minimalen Randl�ren und berieben, Kopfschnitt leicht angeschmutzt, Bleistiftanmerkung auf Schmutztitel, sonst sehr gut und innen sauber / dust jacket with minimal edgewear, rubbed, top edge slightly soiled, pencil annotation on half title, otherwise very good and clean inside. - Edmond Halley (1656-1742), MA, LLD, FRS, Capt. RN, Savilian Professor of Geometry and Astronomer Royal, stands pre-eminent among Oxford, English, and European scientists. A contemporary of Wren, Pepys, Hooke, Handel, Purcell, and Dryden, he was a schoolboy in London while the Great Fire raged, and was an active participant in the Enlightenment, an age of profound developments in all the arts and sciences. As a younger contemporary of Isaac Newton, he had a crucial part in the Newtonian revolution in the natural sciences. It was Halley who set the question that led Newton to write the Principia, and who edited, paid for, and reviewed it. In later years he applied the methods of the Principia widely in astronomy and geophysics. Now more widely known for his prediction of the return of "his� comet, Halley discovered the proper motion of stars, made important studies of the moon's motion, and his investigations of the Earth's magnetic field and of tides were unrivalled for centuries. His prediction of the transit of Venus led to Cook's voyage to Tahiti. He was far more than a cloistered academic; his exploits as a naval captain led to perilous adventures, and he was also a notable servant of the State. Much material about his eventful career has come to light in recent years, making this a timely new account of the life, scientific interests, and continuing influence of this engaging and adventurous scholar. Sir Alan Cook has written a fascinating and illuminating account of Halley's life and science, making this a unique and highly readable biography of one of the key figures of his time. / Contents List of plates Portraits of Halley A note on dates PART I The young astronomer (1656-1687) Halley�s world 1.1 Times of change 1.2 Halley�s London 1.3 England 1.4 The Arts in England 1.5 The wider world of Europe 1.6 The Americas and the East 1.7 Navigation and astronomy 1.8 Mathematics, technology, and natural philosophy 1.9 Natural philosophy and natural theology: views of the world 1.10 Halley: an agent of change 2 Formation of an astronomer 2.1 Forbears 2.2 Parents 2.3 Family property and possessions 2.4 The Tower and Sir Jonas Moore 2.5 Neighbours 2.6 The Levant Company 2.7 Schooldays: St Paul�s 2.8 Oxford: the Queen�s College 2.9 Undergraduate publications 2.10 Off to sea 3 Skies of the south 3.1 Into the unknown 3.2 Apprenticeship of a navigator 3.3 The state of astronomy 3.4 A year in St Helena 3.5 A new star and a new constellation 3.6 How far is the Sun? 3.7 Matters of the Moon 3.8 Consequences 3.9 Halley�s achievement 4 Into Europe 4.1 The sage of Danzig 4.2 Halley at Danzig 4.3 After Danzig 4.4 Six months in France 4.5 On to Rome 4.6 Astronomical observer 4.7 A traveller�s harvest 5 A wedding and two funerals 5.1 A City wedding 5.2 The sky at Islington 5.3 Those bloody and barbarous men 5.4 Such an impertinently litigious Lady 5.5 Science with distractions 6 Achilles produced 6.1 The origin of Principia 6.2 Halley in 1686 6.3 Printing Principia 6.4 Previews and reviews 6.5 Other pursuits 6.6 Achievement and preparation PART II Often at sea (1688-1703) 7 Improving natural knowledge 7.1 The Royal Society, twenty-five years old 7.2 Clerk to the Royal Society 7.3 Mathematician 7.4 Geomagnetism and meteorology 7.5 Physics, metrology, and optics 7.6 Demography 7.7 The student of antiquity 8 Celestial architecture 8.1 The paths of heavenly bodies 8.2 Comets 8.3 The problem of the longitude 8.4 How far is the Sun? 8.5 The Moon is speeding up 8.6 Halley�s ways 9 Use and practice of the contemplation of nature 9.1 A glorious revolution 9.2 Hally a say ling 9.3 Diving and salvage 9.4 Hydrodynamics 9.5 Astronomy at Oxford: an unsuccessful candidate 9.6 The Mint at Chester 9.7 Looking forward 10 Far seas and new prospects 10.1 Setting out 10.2 Preparations 10.3 The Atlantic 10.4 The magnetic chart 10.5 Tides 10.6 At the publick charge 11 Upon the Dalmatian shore 11.1 War over Europe 11.2 The record of Halley�s survey 11.3 Maps of Dalmatia 11.4 Halley surveys Trieste and Buccari 11.5 Fortifying Buccari 11.6 Sites and construction of Halley�s works 11.7 Consequences 11.8 Surveyor and cartographer 11.9 Sea captain and engineer PART III Scholar and sage (1704-1742) 12 In the Savilian Chair 12.1 The Electors meet 12.2 A life in Oxford 12.3 The Royal Society again 12.4 The Greek geometers 12.5 Lights in the heavens 12.6 The eclipse of 1715 12.7 A mathematician among mathematicians 13 The matter of the Moon 13.1 The preoccupation of a lifetime 13.2 Observations of the Moon 13.3 Principles of lunar theory 13.4 Halley�s lunar tables 13.5 Halley�s comparisons with Newton�s theory 13.6 Jupiter and Saturn 13.7 Conspectus 14 Astronomer Royal 14.1 The Royal Observatory 14.2 Halley and Flamsteed 14.3 Two Histories 14.4 Halley returns to the Observatory he saw set out 14.5 Knowledge of the longitude 14.6 Tidying up 14.7 Last days 15 The improvement of natural knowledge 15.1 Halley in his own day 15.2 Religion and politics 15.3 Two revolutions 15.4 The natural philosopher 15.5 The navigator 15.6 The practical man 15.7 Halley in his time 15.8 Servant of knowledge, servant of the realm Appendices 1 The ellipse and the parabola 2 Genealogies 3 The personal estate of Halley�s father 4 Chronology of Edmond Halley 5 The southern stars 6 Halley�s Ode to Newton 7 Correspondence of Halley not listed by MacPike (1932) 8 The sale of Halley�s books 9 The manuscript ULC RGO 1/74 of Flamsteed�s Catalogue and its implications 10 Halley�s Memoriall to the Emperor Notes to chapters Bibliography Index. 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