History of Astronomy - Hardcover
Well-balanced, carefully reasoned study relates astronomy to political, social conditions of the day. Part I covers ancient astronomy, including Ptolemaic theory; Part II discusses Copernicus, Kepler, Newton, laws of celestial mechanics. Part III covers modern developments up to work of Eddington. Author saw astronomy as an adventure of the mind. Illustrated.
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Pannekoek was the main theoretician of Left Communism. He lived and worked in workers' councils from China to Germany over the first half of the century and militantly fought in working class struggles all his life. He wrote Workers' Councils while living under Nazi occupation in Holland during World War II.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Dutch
Original Language: Dutch
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- PublisherInterscience/Allen & Unwin
- Publication date1961
- ISBN 10 0045200025
- ISBN 13 9780045200023
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages521
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