Between Theory and Observations Tobias Mayer's Explorations of Lunar Motion, 1751-1755 /

• Main Author: Wepster, Steven. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Mathematics_$xHistory.; Astronomy.; History of Mathematics.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1314-2

In the 18th century purely scientific interests as well as the practical necessities of navigation motivated the development of new theories and techniques to accurately describe celestial and lunar motion. Tobias Mayer, a German mathematician and astronomer, was among the most notable scientists of...

Table of Contents:

• List of Figures. List of Displays
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The quest for lunar theory
• 3. The poineer's work
• 4. A manual to the tables
• 5. Theoria Lunae
• 6. The Horrocks legacy
• 7. Multisteps in the Theoria Lunae
• 8. Hausbackene Combinationen
• 9. Some aspects of model fitting
• 10. Concluding observations
• Appendix A. Lunar equations: versions and aliases
• Appendix B. Spreadsheet contents
• Appendix C. Manuscript sources
• References
• Index.