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Theories of the World from Antiquity to the Copernican Revolution: Second Revised Edition
by Michael J. Crowe

ISBN: 0486414442
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Newly revised edition of Professor Crowe's accessible, enlightening book re-creates the change from an earth-centered to a sun-centered conception of the solar system. The work is organized around a hypothetical debate: Given the evidence available in 1615, which system (Ptolemaic, Copernican, Tychonic, etc.) was most deserving of support?

Table of Contents for Theories of the World from Antiquity to the Copernican Revolution: Second Revised Edition
Preface
Chapter One The Celestial Motions
Chapter Two Greek Astronomy before Ptolemy
Chapter Three Some Mathematical Techniques of Ancient Astronomy
Chapter Four The Ptolemaic System
"Chapter Five Philosophical Interlude: The "Save the Phenomena" Position "
Chapter Six The Copernican System
Chapter Seven The Tychonic System
Chapter Eight Johannes Kepler
Chapter Nine Galileo Galilei
Epilogue Some Quotations Concerning Astronomy in the Copernican Revolution Period
Appendix Archaeoastronomy
Select Bibliography
Index