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4. The Ptolemaic System Enshrined
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Albert Van Helden
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- 1. Shared Expectations 1
- 2. The Beginnings: Aristarchus and Hipparchus 4
- 3. Ptolemy 15
- 4. The Ptolemaic System Enshrined 28
- 5. Copernicus and Tycho 41
- 6. Young Kepler 54
- 7. Galileo and the Telescope 65
- 8. Kepler's Synthesis 77
- 9. Gassendi, Hortensius, and the Transit of Mercury of 1631 95
- 10. From Horrocks to Riccioli 105
- 11. The Micrometer from Huygens to Flamsteed 118
- 12. Cassini, Flamsteed, and the New Measure 129
- 13. The New Consensus and Halley's Legacy 144
- 14. Conclusion: Measurement, Theory, and Speculation 160
- Notes 165
- Bibliography 187
- Index 199
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- 1. Shared Expectations 1
- 2. The Beginnings: Aristarchus and Hipparchus 4
- 3. Ptolemy 15
- 4. The Ptolemaic System Enshrined 28
- 5. Copernicus and Tycho 41
- 6. Young Kepler 54
- 7. Galileo and the Telescope 65
- 8. Kepler's Synthesis 77
- 9. Gassendi, Hortensius, and the Transit of Mercury of 1631 95
- 10. From Horrocks to Riccioli 105
- 11. The Micrometer from Huygens to Flamsteed 118
- 12. Cassini, Flamsteed, and the New Measure 129
- 13. The New Consensus and Halley's Legacy 144
- 14. Conclusion: Measurement, Theory, and Speculation 160
- Notes 165
- Bibliography 187
- Index 199
