A History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler (Dover Books on Astronomy)
by J. L. E. Dreyer
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A masterpiece of historical insight and scientific accuracy, this is the definitive work on Greek astronomy and the Copernican Revolution. Beginning with the ancient Egyptians, it ranges from the Pythagoreans and Plato to medieval European and Islamic cosmologies, concluding with detailed surveys of the works of Copernicus, Brahe, and Kepler.Tags
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Used this in my masters, there are earlier editions. Good read.
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- Original title
- History of the Planetory Systems from Thales to Kepler
- Original publication date
- 1905
- People/Characters
- Pythagoras; Eudoxus of Cnidus; Aristotle; Heraclides Ponticus; Aristarchus of Samos; Ptolemy (show all 9); Nicolaus Copernicus; Tycho Brahe; Johannes Kepler
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- Greece; Asia; Europe
- First words
- For many centuries during the early development of Babylonian civilisation astrology had been eagerly cultivated in the land of the two rivers, before it was found necessary to make a careful study of the motions of the heave... (show all)nly bodies in order to place the astrological predictions on a more secure base.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)From Thales to Kepler philosophers had searched for the true planetary system; Kepler had completed the search; Isaac Newton was to prove that the system found by him not only agreed with observation, but that no other system was possible.
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- English
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