Illustrated On the Shoulders of Giants : The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy

Here you will encounter five visionaries: Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton, & Albert Einstein. This groundbreaking book includes the most relevant excerpts from the master works of each -- giving you the opportunity to read exactly what these men thought. You will find excerpts from original papers from Einstein, first pub. in ¿The Principle of Relativity,¿ plus abridged versions of ¿On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres¿ by Copernicus, ¿Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences¿ by Galileo, ¿Harmonies of the World (Book 5)¿ by Kepler, & ¿Principial¿ by Newton. These are the works that changed the course of science, ushering astronomy & physics out of the Middle Ages & into the modern world. Illustrations.Hawking, Stephen W. is the author of 'Illustrated On the Shoulders of Giants : The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy', published 2007 under ISBN 9781422367827 and ISBN 1422367827.