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... KEPLER · 6. GALILEO AND THE TELESCOPE - NOTIONS OF GRAVITY BY HORROCKS , ETC. 7. SIR ISAAC NEWTON - LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVI- 23 33 46 TATION 51 8. NEWTON'S SUCCESSORS HALLEY , EULER , LA- GRANGE , LAPLACE , ETC. 60 9. DISCOVERY OF NEW ...
... KEPLER · 6. GALILEO AND THE TELESCOPE - NOTIONS OF GRAVITY BY HORROCKS , ETC. 7. SIR ISAAC NEWTON - LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVI- 23 33 46 TATION 51 8. NEWTON'S SUCCESSORS HALLEY , EULER , LA- GRANGE , LAPLACE , ETC. 60 9. DISCOVERY OF NEW ...
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... Kepler and Newton converted the point of view into a dynamical one . Aristotle's mental capacity to understand the meaning of facts or to criticise a train of reasoning may have been equal to that of Kepler or Newton , but the point of ...
... Kepler and Newton converted the point of view into a dynamical one . Aristotle's mental capacity to understand the meaning of facts or to criticise a train of reasoning may have been equal to that of Kepler or Newton , but the point of ...
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... Kepler's three laws ( B , C , D ) were identical with Newton's law of gravitation ( A ) . No one recognises more than the mathe- matical astronomer this feebleness of the human intellect , and no one is more conscious of the limitations ...
... Kepler's three laws ( B , C , D ) were identical with Newton's law of gravitation ( A ) . No one recognises more than the mathe- matical astronomer this feebleness of the human intellect , and no one is more conscious of the limitations ...
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... Kepler , how he was able - by observations taken from a moving platform , the earth , of the directions of a moving ... Kepler's masterpiece is one of the most interesting books that was ever written , combining wit , imagination ...
... Kepler , how he was able - by observations taken from a moving platform , the earth , of the directions of a moving ... Kepler's masterpiece is one of the most interesting books that was ever written , combining wit , imagination ...
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... Kepler's day we have had a dynamical astronomy . 2. Ancient Astronomy - The Chinese and Chaldĉans . The last section must have made clear the difficulties the way of assigning to the ancient nations their B proper place in the ...
... Kepler's day we have had a dynamical astronomy . 2. Ancient Astronomy - The Chinese and Chaldĉans . The last section must have made clear the difficulties the way of assigning to the ancient nations their B proper place in the ...
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