Great Astronomers

  • Great Astronomers: Large Print
    By Robert Stawell Ball

    We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public.

  • Great Astronomers: Isaac Newton
    By Robert Stawell Ball

    Sir Robert Stawell Ball FRS (1 July 1840 - 25 November 1913) was an Irish astronomer who founded the screw theory.

  • Great Astronomers: John Flamsteed Illustrated
    By Robert Stawell Ball

    All of them can be found online for free .So why are we selling these books?We put our energy in offering a very pleasant reading experience.In Great Astronomers: John Flamsteed by Robert Stawell Ball you will find: - A perfectly adapted ...

  • Great Astronomers: Isaac Newton
    By Robert Stawell Ball

    In this work, Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion, which dominated the scientific view of the physical universe for the next three centuries.

  • Great Astronomers: William Rowan Hamilton
    By Robert Stawell Ball

    This work has proven central to the modern study of classical field theories such as electromagnetism, and to the development of quantum mechanics.

  • Great Astronomers: Pierre-Simon Laplace Illustrated
    By Robert Stawell Ball

    This work translated the geometric study of classical mechanics to one based on calculus, opening up a broader range of problems. In statistics, the Bayesian interpretation of probability was developed mainly by Laplace

  • Great Astronomers: Isaac Newton by Robert Stawell Ball Annotated
    By Robert Stawell Ball

    In this work, Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion, which dominated the scientific view of the physical universe for the next three centuries.

  • Great Astronomers: Johannes Kepler
    By Robert Stawell Ball

    The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades.

  • Great Astronomers: Edmond Halley Illustrated
    By Robert Stawell Ball

    Edmond[1] (or Edmund[2]) Halley, FRS (/ˈhæli/;[3][4] 8 November [O.S. 29 October] 1656 - 25 January 1742 [O.S. 14 January 1741]) was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist.