Book ID: CBB768291559

L’incanto di Urania: Venticinque secoli di esplorazione del cielo (2020)

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Capaccioli, Massimo (Author)


Carocci Editore


Publication Date: 2020
Physical Details: 532 pp.
Language: Italian

Oggi sappiamo che l’universo ha avuto origine con un big bang e si è espanso sotto il controllo delle componenti oscure di materia ed energia; abbiamo imparato come si formano, evolvono e interagiscono le galassie, e come nascono, vivono e muoiono le stelle; abbiamo cercato i pianeti extrasolari e i segnali della vita, ascoltato l’urlo della fusione di due buchi neri e molto altro ancora. Un sapere frutto del balzo in avanti dell’astrofisica e della cosmologia nel Novecento, stimolato e secondato dai grandiosi progressi della fisica e dalla tecnologia. Sbaglieremmo però a pensare di poter ormai archiviare il passato. "Se abbiamo saputo vedere lontano", diceva Newton, "è perché ci siamo sollevati sulle spalle dei giganti". Dunque, tracciare l’evoluzione delle conquiste scientifiche non ci concede solo il piacere di risalire alle radici del pensiero e di riconoscere il peso dei diversi attori; serve anche ad analizzare l’eredità di errori e preconcetti di un’attività genuinamente cumulativa in un contesto storico allargato. Con questo spirito, il volume affronta il millenario divenire delle scienze del cielo, dando spazio anche al ruolo e ai progressi degli strumenti d’osservazione e di analisi. [Abstract translated by Google Translate: This is the abstract in English… Today we know that the universe originated with a big bang and expanded under the control of the dark components of matter and energy; we have learned how galaxies form, evolve and interact, and how stars are born, live and die; we searched for exoplanets and the signs of life, heard the scream of the merger of two black holes and much more. Knowledge resulting from the leap forward of astrophysics and cosmology in the twentieth century, stimulated and seconded by the great advances in physics and technology. However, we would be wrong to think that we can now archive the past. "If we have been able to see far away," said Newton, "it is because we have raised ourselves on the shoulders of giants." Therefore, tracing the evolution of scientific achievements not only gives us the pleasure of going back to the roots of thought and recognizing the weight of the various actors; it also serves to analyze the legacy of errors and preconceptions of a genuinely cumulative activity in an extended historical context. With this spirit, the book addresses the millennial evolution of the sciences of the sky, also giving space to the role and progress of observation and analysis tools.]

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Smith, Robert William
Esposito, Salvatore
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Bonnie McClellan-Broussard
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