Download or read book Between Theory and Observations written by Steven Wepster and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-11-11 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. "Between Theory and Observations" presents a detailed and accurate account, not to be found elsewhere in the literature, of Tobias Mayer's important contributions to the study of lunar motion—including the creation of his famous set of lunar tables, which were the most accurate of their time.