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Chapter 1. Mankind And The Heavens

  • Eric M. Rogers
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Astronomy for the Inquiring Mind
This chapter is in the book Astronomy for the Inquiring Mind
© 2017 Princeton University Press, Princeton

© 2017 Princeton University Press, Princeton

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Foreword vii
  3. Signs and abbreviations viii
  4. Contents ix
  5. Preliminary introduction 1
  6. Chapter 1. Mankind And The Heavens 18
  7. Chapter 2. Facts and Early Progress 24
  8. Chapter 3. Greek Astronomy: Great Theories and Great Observations 34
  9. Chapter 4. Awakening Questions 52
  10. Chapter 5. Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) 55
  11. Chapter 6. Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) 62
  12. Chapter 7. Johannes Kepler (1571–1630) 72
  13. Chapter 8. Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) 84
  14. Chapter 9. The Seventeenth Century 98
  15. Chapter 10. Vectors and Geometrical Addition 106
  16. Chapter 11. Circular Orbits and Acceleration 111
  17. Chapter 12. Isaac Newton (1642–1727) 126
  18. Chapter 13. Universal Gravitation 150
  19. Chapter 14. Scientific Theories and Scientific Methods 155
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400885992-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Foreword vii
  3. Signs and abbreviations viii
  4. Contents ix
  5. Preliminary introduction 1
  6. Chapter 1. Mankind And The Heavens 18
  7. Chapter 2. Facts and Early Progress 24
  8. Chapter 3. Greek Astronomy: Great Theories and Great Observations 34
  9. Chapter 4. Awakening Questions 52
  10. Chapter 5. Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) 55
  11. Chapter 6. Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) 62
  12. Chapter 7. Johannes Kepler (1571–1630) 72
  13. Chapter 8. Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) 84
  14. Chapter 9. The Seventeenth Century 98
  15. Chapter 10. Vectors and Geometrical Addition 106
  16. Chapter 11. Circular Orbits and Acceleration 111
  17. Chapter 12. Isaac Newton (1642–1727) 126
  18. Chapter 13. Universal Gravitation 150
  19. Chapter 14. Scientific Theories and Scientific Methods 155
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