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Mathematics, History, Astronomy, Planetology, Science, Astronomy, history, Science, historyShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Planetary motions: a historical perspective
2006, Greenwood Press, ABC-CLIO, LLC
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0313027587 9780313027581
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Planetary Motions: A Historical Perspective (Greenwood Guides to Great Ideas in Science)
July 30, 2006, Greenwood Press
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031333241X 9780313332418
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Table of Contents
An introduction to the history of science
Babylonian planetary astronomy
Plato and saving the phenomena
Eudoxus and concentric spheres
Eccentrics and epicycles
Equivalence
Astronomy and physics
Saving the phenomena quantitatively
Ptolemy's exposition of mathematical astronomy
Reality or mathematical fiction?
The greatest astronomer of antiquity or the greatest fraud in the history of science?
Islamic planetary astronomy
Revival in the west
Copernicus and planetary motions
The Copernican revolution
Breaking the circle
Isaac Newton and gravity
The Newtonian revolution.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-213) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007. Available via the World Wide Web. Access is limited to subscribers of ebooks.greenwood.com.
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