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BL
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953861
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b708231
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| Main Entry
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Hetherington, Norriss S.,1942-
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| Title & Author
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Planetary motions : : a historical perspective /\ Norriss Hetherington.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn. :: Greenwood Press,, ©2006.
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| Series Statement
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Greenwood guides to great ideas in science
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xvi, 224 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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031333241X
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: 9780313332418
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-213) and index.
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| Contents
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An introduction to the history of science -- Babylonian planetary astronomy -- Plato and saving the phenomena -- Eudoxus and concentric spheres -- Eccentrics and epicycles -- Equivalence -- Astronomy and physics -- Saving the phenomena quantitatively -- Ptolemy's exposition of mathematical astronomy -- Reality or mathematical fiction? -- The greatest astronomer of antiquity or the greatest fraud in the history of science? -- Islamic planetary astronomy -- Revival in the west -- Copernicus and planetary motions -- The Copernican revolution -- Breaking the circle -- Isaac Newton and gravity -- The Newtonian revolution.
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| Abstract
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Presents an historical perspective of planetary motions that enables students to understand how the discoveries of the luminaries of the Scientific Revolution impact the way physics is practices today.
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Astronomy-- History.
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Astronomy-- Mathematics-- History.
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Planetary science.
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Science-- History.
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Astronomy-- Mathematics.
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Astronomy.
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Planetary science.
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Science.
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| Dewey Classification
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520.9
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QB15.H59 2006
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