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Author Stephenson, Bruce.

Title The music of the heavens : Kepler's harmonic astronomy / Bruce Stephenson
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1994]
©1994

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Description xi, 260 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for The music of the heavens : Kepler's harmonic astronomy / Bruce Stephenson. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- Preface and Acknowledgments Ch. I Introduction 3 Ch. II Earlier Theories of Astronomical Harmony 16 Ch. III Jofrancus Offusius: Scientific Astrology Based on Harmony 47 Ch. IV Distances to the Planets 64 Ch. V The Polyhedral Theory of the Mysterium cosmographicum 75 Ch. VI Kepler's First Harmonic Planetary Theory 90 Ch. VII The Reconstruction of Ptolemy's Harmonics 98 Ch. VIII The Harmonice mundi 118 Ch. IX Book 5 of the Harmonice mundi 128 Ch. 1 Regular Polyhedra 130 Ch. 2 Harmonic Proportions 131 Ch. 3 Astronomical Theory 135 Ch. 4 The Proper and Extreme Harmonies 145 Ch. 5 The Music of the Planetary Motions 154 Ch. 6 Heavenly Modes 165 Ch. 7 Universal Harmonies 170 Ch. 8 The Four Voices of Celestial Harmony 184 Ch. 9 The Causes of the Eccentricities 185 Ch. 10 Inhabitants of the Sun 236 Ch. X Conclusions 242 Bibliography 253 Index 257 -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Planetary theory, Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630 Harmonices mundi
Analysis Astronomy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references page (253-255) and index
Includes index
Subject Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630. Harmonices mundi.
Planetary theory.
LC no. 93044916
ISBN 0691034397 (alk. paper)