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is one of the facts expressed by the statements B , C , D ; so that we may know , if
B , C , and D are true , then A is true . To many people our inability to understand
all that is contained in statements B , C , and D , without the cumbrous process ...
is one of the facts expressed by the statements B , C , D ; so that we may know , if
B , C , and D are true , then A is true . To many people our inability to understand
all that is contained in statements B , C , and D , without the cumbrous process ...
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It is true that Kepler ' s theory itself could have been geometrically expressed
equally well with the earth or any other point fixed . But in Kepler ' s case the
obviously implied physical theory of the planetary motions , even before Newton
...
It is true that Kepler ' s theory itself could have been geometrically expressed
equally well with the earth or any other point fixed . But in Kepler ' s case the
obviously implied physical theory of the planetary motions , even before Newton
...
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speculations , like those of the ancients about the solar system , are apt to be
harmful to true progress of knowledge unless in the hands of the ablest
mathematical physicists ; and Herschel violated their principles in other directions
. But here ...
speculations , like those of the ancients about the solar system , are apt to be
harmful to true progress of knowledge unless in the hands of the ablest
mathematical physicists ; and Herschel violated their principles in other directions
. But here ...
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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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