History of the Planetary SystemsCambridge 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. |
Índice
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 |
CHAPTER VIII | 171 |
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