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Cassini, Cesar-Francois --- CASSINI (GIOVANNI DOMENICO), 1625-1712 --- GEOGRAPHIE --- GEOGRAPHIE HISTORIQUE --- CARTES GEOGRAPHIQUES --- CARTOGRAPHIE HISTORIQUE --- CARTOGRAPHIE --- BIOGRAPHIE --- HISTOIRE --- 18E SIECLE --- SOURCES --- FRANCE --- 16E-18E SIECLES

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Cassini familie --- Cassini family --- Famille Cassini --- Cartography --- Cartographie --- History --- Histoire --- Cassini, César-François, --- France --- Historical geography --- Géographie historique --- History. --- Cassini, César-François, --- Géographie historique --- Cassini, César-François --- Cartographers --- Cartography - France - History. --- Cartographie - France - Histoire - 18e siecle. --- Cassini (giovanni domenico), 1625-1712

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This book is a superposition of two distinct narratives : the first is historical, discussing the evolution of astronomical knowledge since the dawn of civilizations; the second is scientific, conveying mathematical and physical content of each advancement. Great scientists of antiquity, Middle Ages and modern times until the 18th century, are presented along with their discoveries, through short biographies and anecdotes. Special care is taken to explain their achievements using mathematical and physical concepts of their time, with modern perspective added only when ancient methodology is too cumbersome or its language hardly understandable to contemporary readers. The book conveys a lot of astronomical facts and data in a pleasant and accessible manner. Almost all findings and discoveries made in ancient times are followed by simple mathematical exercises using basic knowledge, so that the reader can check the assertions himself. The book contains a lot of inedited illustrations. Geometrical schemes are given extra attention to make the examples clear and understandable. The language is simple and accessible to the young audiencer.

Astronomy --- Astronomie --- History. --- Copernicus, Nicolaus. --- Brahe, Tycho, --- Galilei, Galileo, --- Kepler, Johannes, --- Newton, John, --- Huygens, Christiaan, --- Cassini, Giovanni Domenico, --- Halley, Edmond, --- Cavendish, Henry, --- Copernic, Nicolas --- Brahe, Tycho --- Galilei, Galileo --- Kepler, Johannes --- Newton, John --- Huygens, Christiaan, --- Cassini, Jean-Dominique --- Halley, Edmund --- Cavendish, Henry

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Today we know much about the sky: how stars are born, how they live and die, and how the universe as a whole evolves. We have learned of the existence of another type of matter, indifferent to light and yet decisive for the formation of galaxies, and we have a hint of a dark energy that since the last 4.5 billion years has taken over the control of the cosmos. We postulated and then discovered and even photographed black holes and listened to the faint rustle of the space-time ripple produced when these monsters devour each other. We reached these astonishing results (recognized by a bunch of Nobel Prizes and filling every day the media with wonders for the eyes and the mind) by the marriage of physics and astronomy that unified the Earth with the sky and then by the leap forward of science and technology in the Twentieth Century. This rich heritage has ancient roots. It was built by accumulating discoveries with errors, observations with fantasies, myths, and superstitions with flashes of genius, over a span of millennia, since Homo sapiens, turning his eyes to the immutable and perfect sky, began to ask questions. The book is a narration of the answers to these questions that had evolved over time: a progressive path, inserted in the general history, with some second thoughts and many obstacles. This is a saga of men and machines where greatness sometimes mixes with misery and passion often borders on sacrifice and even martyrdom. Why should we know it? Because our current knowledge is the result of these efforts and of the preconceptions that accompanied them. The challenge has been to present this complex and intricate subject without resorting to any formulas, so that it can be accessible to a wide audience of curious people, including high school and university students and in general all those who normally keep themselves informed of scientific things. A rich bibliography has also been added in the appendix for those wishing to learn more on one or more topics

Astronomy --- Astronomie --- History. --- Histoire. --- Copernicus, Nicolaus, --- Kepler, Johannes, --- Brahe, Tycho, --- Galilei, Galileo, --- Cassini, Giovanni Domenico, --- Huygens, Christiaan, --- Bradley, James, --- Newton, Isaac, --- Herschel, William, --- Rosse, William Parsons, --- Fraunhofer, Joseph von, --- Kirchhoff, G. --- Huggins, William, --- Hale, George Ellery, --- Aristarchus, --- Leavitt, Henrietta Swan, --- Galilei, Galileo, --- Copernic, Nicolas, --- Kepler, Johannes, --- Brahe, Tycho, --- Cassini, Jean-Dominique, --- Huygens, Christiaan, --- Bradley, James, --- Newton, Isaac, --- Herschel, William, --- Parsons, William, --- Huggins, William, --- Fraunhofer, Joseph von, --- Kirchhoff, Gustav, --- Aristarque de Samos, --- Leavitt, Henrietta Swan, --- Hale, George Ellery,