The eye of heaven : Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler / Owen Gingerich.
The eye of heaven : Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler / Owen Gingerich.
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New York, NY : American Institute of Physics, c1993.
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T0386881
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English
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viii, 442 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Kepler -- 2. Was Ptolemy a Fraud? -- 3. Ptolemy Revisited -- 4. Zoomorphic Astrolabes: Arabic Star Names Enter Europe -- 5. The 'Abd al-A'imma Astrolabe Forgeries / Owen Gingerich, D. King and G. Saliba -- 6. Alfonso X as a Patron of Astronomy -- 7. The 1582 "Theorica Orb...
22. The Computer versus Kepler Revisited -- 23. The Mercury Theory from Antiquity to Kepler -- 24. Kepler, Galilei, and the Harmony of the World -- 25. Circumventing Newton.
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New York, NY : American Institute of Physics, c1993.
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New York (State)
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c1993.
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The eye of heaven : Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler / Owen Gingerich.
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Masters of modern physics ; v. 7.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Transferred from N520.9/56.
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c1993.
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T0386881
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0883188635 :
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520.9
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991021744839702626
