Two amateur astronomers at Berkeley
Popular Physics
2012-02-07 v1 History and Philosophy of Physics
Abstract
The book on Mechanics of the Physics at Berkeley, by C. Kittel, W.D. Knight and M.A. Ruderman, is proposing at the end of its first chapter some problems of simple astronomy within the solar system. The discussion begins with two amateur astronomers who set for themselves the goal of determining the diameter and mass of the Sun. Here we discuss the problems proposed by the book and some other matters on ancient and modern astronomical studies of the solar system.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1202.0950,
title = {Two amateur astronomers at Berkeley},
author = {Amelia Carolina Sparavigna},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.0950},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
Some problems on the Solar system. Ancient astronomy