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It has been often suggested that the revival by Copernicus of the notion of a
moving earth was a help to Kepler . No one who reads Kepler ' s great book
could hold such an opinion for a moment . In fact , the ICH * An ellipse is one of
the plane ...
It has been often suggested that the revival by Copernicus of the notion of a
moving earth was a help to Kepler . No one who reads Kepler ' s great book
could hold such an opinion for a moment . In fact , the ICH * An ellipse is one of
the plane ...
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Only , the power of the greatest human intellect is so utterly feeble that the
meaning of the words in Kepler ' s three laws could not be understood until
expounded by the logic of Newton ' s dynamics . The joy with which Kepler
contemplated the ...
Only , the power of the greatest human intellect is so utterly feeble that the
meaning of the words in Kepler ' s three laws could not be understood until
expounded by the logic of Newton ' s dynamics . The joy with which Kepler
contemplated the ...
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But Kepler saw much farther than the geometrical facts . He realised that the
orbits are followed owing to a force directed to the sun ; and he guessed that this
is the same force as the gravity that makes a stone fall . He saw the difficulty of ...
But Kepler saw much farther than the geometrical facts . He realised that the
orbits are followed owing to a force directed to the sun ; and he guessed that this
is the same force as the gravity that makes a stone fall . He saw the difficulty of ...
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Contents
Ancient GREEK ASTRONOMY | 3 |
INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISIONSIZE OF THE SOLAR | 10 |
GALILEO AND THE TELESCOPENOTIONS OF GRAVITY | 46 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | History of Astronomy Hist. of sci. series History of science series |
| Author | George Forbes |
| Publisher | Watts, 1909 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 13 Jan 2011 |
| Length | 154 pages |
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