| Description |
viii, 442 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Masters of modern physics ; v. 7 |
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Masters of modern physics ; v. 7
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| Contents |
1. Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Kepler -- 2. Was Ptolemy a Fraud? -- 3. Ptolemy Revisited -- 4. Zoomorphic Astrolabes: Arabic Star Names Enter Europe -- 5. The 'Abd al-A'imma Astrolabe Forgeries / Owen Gingerich, D. King and G. Saliba -- 6. Alfonso X as a Patron of Astronomy -- 7. The 1582 "Theorica Orbium" of Hieronymus Vulparius -- 8. The Search for a Plenum Universe -- 9. The Astronomy and Cosmology of Copernicus -- 10. Did Copernicus Owe a Debt to Aristarchus? -- 11. "Crisis" versus Aesthetic in the Copernican Revolution -- 12. Early Copernican Ephemerides -- 13. Erasmus Reinhold and the Dissemination of the Copernican Theory -- 14. De revolutionibus: An Example of Renaissance Scientific Printing -- 15. The Censorship of Copernicus's De revolutionibus -- 16. Heliocentrism as Model and as Reality -- 17. Johannes Kepler and the New Astronomy -- 18. Kepler as a Copernican -- 19. Kepler's Place in Astronomy -- 20. The Origins of Kepler's Third Law -- 21. The Computer versus Kepler |
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22. The Computer versus Kepler Revisited -- 23. The Mercury Theory from Antiquity to Kepler -- 24. Kepler, Galilei, and the Harmony of the World -- 25. Circumventing Newton |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Ptolemy, active 2nd century.
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Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543.
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Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630.
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Astronomy -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
91026227 |
| ISBN |
0883188635 |
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