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Theories of the world from antiquity to the Copernican Revolution

Newly revised edition of Professor Crowe $1 (Bs accessible, enlightening book recreates 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?
Print Book, English, 2001
2nd rev. ed View all formats and editions
Dover Publications, Mineola, NY, 2001
History
xiii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
9780486414447, 0486414442
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The celestial motions
Greek astronomy before Ptolemy
Some mathematical techniques of ancient astronomy
The Ptolemaic system
Philosophical interlude: the "Save the phenomena" position
The Copernican system
The Tychonic system
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Archaeoastronomy