Pioneers of Science
Oliver Lodge
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Length 11 h 14 min
Chapters 18
First published 1893
This book takes its origin in a course of lectures on the history and progress of Astronomy arranged for Sir Oliver Lodge in the year 1887. The first part of this book is devoted to the biographies and discoveries of well known astronomers like Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo and Newton. In the second part, the biographies take a back seat, while scientific discoveries are discussed more extensively, like the discovery of Asteroids and Neptune, a treatise on the tides and others. (Summary by Availle)
Chapters
1
Preface Read by Availle 2:24
2
Lecture II: Tycho Brahe and the Earliest Observatory Read by James Christopher 32:12
3
Lecture III: Kepler and the Laws of Planetary Motion Read by Utek 51:15
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Lecture IV: Galileo and the Invention of the Telescope Read by Megan Argo 40:22
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Lecture V: Galileo and the Inquisition Read by Megan Argo 41:51
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Lecture VI: Descartes and his Theory of Vortices Read by Availle 46:41
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Lecture VII: Sir Isaac Newton Read by Amy Gramour 38:15
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Lecture VIII: Newton and the Law of Gravitation Read by Edward W. LaBonte 37:26
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Lecture IX: Newton's "Principia" Read by John Kooz 55:27
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Lecture X: Roemer and Bradley and the Velocity of Light Read by Mark F. Smith 39:09
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Lecture XI: Lagrange and Laplace - The Stability of the Solar System, and the Nebular Hypothesis Read by Michael Lipschultz 33:07
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Lecture XII: Herschel and the Motion of the Fixed Stars Read by Kathleen Nelson 32:14
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Lecture XIII: The Discovery of the Asteriods Read by Ali Kazerani 16:15
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Lecture XIV: Bessel - The Distance of the Stars, and the Discovery of Stellar Planets Read by Availle 29:08
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Lecture XV: The Discovery of Neptune Read by Ali Kazerani 23:27
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Lecture XVI: Comets and Meteors Read by John Kooz 34:02
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Lecture XVII: The Tides Read by J. M. Smallheer 37:42
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Lecture XVIII: The Tides, and Planetary Evolution Read by Simon Dexter 41:37
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