Planetary motions : a historical perspective / Norriss Hetherington.
Planetary motions : a historical perspective / Norriss Hetherington.
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Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c2006.
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N520.9/68
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English
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p. cm.
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An introduction to the history of science -- Babylonian planetary astronomy -- Plato and saving the phenomena -- Eudoxus and concentric spheres -- Eccentrics and epicycles -- Equivalence -- Astronomy and physics -- Saving the phenomena quantitatively -- Ptolemy's exposition of mathematical astronomy...
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Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c2006.
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Connecticut
Date Published
c2006.
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Planetary motions : a historical perspective / Norriss Hetherington.
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Greenwood guides to great ideas in science.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N520.9/68
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74VKK62P0Rgl
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031333241X (alk. paper)
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520.9
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991021784079702626
