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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64335794 Title: Planetary motions : a historical perspective Author: Norriss S Hetherington Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, ©2006. ISBN/ISSN: 031333241X 9780313332418 OCLC:64335794

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Planetary motions : a historical perspective

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Planetary motions : a historical perspective

Author:	Norriss S Hetherington
Publisher:	Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, ©2006.
Series:	Greenwood guides to great ideas in science
Edition/Format:	Book : English
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Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Norriss S Hetherington Find more information about:
ISBN:	031333241X 9780313332418
OCLC Number:	64335794
Description:	xvi, 224 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:	Series foreword -- Introduction -- List of illustrations -- 1. An introduction to the history of science -- 2. Babylonian planetary astronomy -- 3. Plato and saving the appearances -- 4. Eudoxus and concentric spheres -- 5. Eccentrics and epicycles -- 6. Equivalence -- 7. Astronomy and physics -- 8. Saving the phenomena quantitatively -- 9. Ptolemy's exposition of mathematical astronomy -- 10. Reality or mathematical fiction? -- 11. The greatest astronomer of antiquity or the greatest fraud in the history of science? -- 12. Islamic planetary astronomy -- 13. Revival in the west -- 14. Copernicus and planetary motions -- 15. The Copernican revolution -- 16. Breaking the circle -- 17. Isaac Newton and gravity -- 18. The Newtonian revolution -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Annotated bibliography -- Index.
Series Title:	Greenwood guides to great ideas in science
Responsibility:	Norriss Hetherington.
More information:	Table of contents only

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