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... Newton converted the pointofview into adynamical one.Aristotle's mental capacityto understand the meaning of facts or to criticise atrainof reasoning mayhave beenequalto that of Kepler or Newton, but the point of viewwasdifferent. Then ...
... Newton converted the pointofview into adynamical one.Aristotle's mental capacityto understand the meaning of facts or to criticise atrainof reasoning mayhave beenequalto that of Kepler or Newton, but the point of viewwasdifferent. Then ...
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... Newton's analysis to enable people to see that, so far as planetary orbits are concerned, Kepler's three laws(B, C, D) wereidentical with Newton's law of gravitation (A). No onerecognises morethan the mathematical astronomer this ...
... Newton's analysis to enable people to see that, so far as planetary orbits are concerned, Kepler's three laws(B, C, D) wereidentical with Newton's law of gravitation (A). No onerecognises morethan the mathematical astronomer this ...
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... Newton's great lawof universal gravitation led to the conclusion that the inclination of the earth's equator to the plane ofher orbit (the obliquityof the ecliptic) has been diminishing slowly since prehistoric times; and this fact has ...
... Newton's great lawof universal gravitation led to the conclusion that the inclination of the earth's equator to the plane ofher orbit (the obliquityof the ecliptic) has been diminishing slowly since prehistoric times; and this fact has ...
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... Newton's theory proves, to the disturbing actionof the sun's attraction. In theyear 134 B.C. Hipparchus observed anewstar. This upsetevery notion about the permanence ofthefixed stars. He then set to work to catalogue all the principal ...
... Newton's theory proves, to the disturbing actionof the sun's attraction. In theyear 134 B.C. Hipparchus observed anewstar. This upsetevery notion about the permanence ofthefixed stars. He then set to work to catalogue all the principal ...
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