History of the Planetary Systems

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Cambridge University Press, 2 oct 2014 - 444 páginas
Originally published in 1906, this book presents a study of 'the history of man's conception of the Universe from the earliest historical ages to the completion of the Copernican system by Kepler in the seventeenth century'. Detailed notes and illustrative figures are incorporated throughout. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in planetary systems and the history of astronomy.
 

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INTRODUCTION
1
CHAPTER I
9
CHAPTER II
35
system of the worldLater Pythagoreans Hiketas and Ekphantus 335
53
CHAPTER IV
87
ARISTOTLE
108
CHAPTER VI
123
CHAPTER VII
149
CHAPTER IX
191
CHAPTER X
207
CHAPTER XI
240
CHAPTER XIII
305
CHAPTER XIV
345
CHAPTER XV
372
CHAPTER XVI
413
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CHAPTER VIII
171

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