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9780486414447

Theories of the World from Antiquity to the Copernican Revolution Second Revised Edition

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    9780486414447

  • ISBN10:

    0486414442

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-01-31
  • Publisher: Dover Publications

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Summary

Newly revised edition of Professor Crowe's accessible, enlightening book re-creates the change from an earth-centered to a sun-centered conception of the solar system. The work is organized around a hypothetical debate: Given the evidence available in 1615, which system (Ptolemaic, Copernican, Tychonic, etc.) was most deserving of support?

Table of Contents

Preface iii
The Celestial Motions
1(20)
Greek Astronomy before Ptolemy
21(9)
Some Mathematical Techniques of Ancient Astronomy
30(12)
The Ptolemaic System
42(24)
Philosophical Interlude: The ``Save the Phenomena'' Position
66(16)
The Copernican System
82(54)
The Tychonic System
136(10)
Johannes Kepler
146(10)
Galileo Galilei
156(17)
Epilogue Some Quotations Concerning Astronomy in the Copernican Revolution Period 173(24)
Appendix Archaeoastronomy 197(23)
Select Bibliography 220(7)
Index 227

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