Description
Revised edition re-creates the change from an earth- to a sun-centered conception of the solar system by focusing on an examination of the evidence available in 1615. 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
