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No one recognises more than the mathematical astronomer this feebleness of the
human intellect , and no one is more ... of the logical process called mathematics
, which even now has not solved directly the problem of only three bodies .
No one recognises more than the mathematical astronomer this feebleness of the
human intellect , and no one is more ... of the logical process called mathematics
, which even now has not solved directly the problem of only three bodies .
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But improved mathematical methods have always succeeded in the end , and so
the seeming doubt has been converted into a surer conviction of the universality
of the law . Having once established the law , Newton proceeded to trace some ...
But improved mathematical methods have always succeeded in the end , and so
the seeming doubt has been converted into a surer conviction of the universality
of the law . Having once established the law , Newton proceeded to trace some ...
Page 58
When Newton applied his law of gravitation to an explanation of the tides he
started a new field for the application of mathematics to physical problems ; and
there can be little doubt that , if he could have been furnished with complete tidal
...
When Newton applied his law of gravitation to an explanation of the tides he
started a new field for the application of mathematics to physical problems ; and
there can be little doubt that , if he could have been furnished with complete tidal
...
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Contents
ANCIENT GREEK ASTRONOMY | 3 |
GALILEO AND THE TELESCOPENOTIONS OF GRAVITY | 46 |
NEWTONS SUCCESSORS HALLEY EULER | 60 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | History of Astronomy The history of science series |
| Author | George Forbes |
| Publisher | Watts, 1921 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 5 Aug 2010 |
| Length | 150 pages |
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