Linton, C M

From Eudoxus to Einstein A History of Mathematical Astronomy - New York Cambridge University 2007 - 516p

includes index and biblioraphy

1 Introduction 2 Spheres and circles 3 The Ptolemaic universe 4 Developments in geocentric astronomy 5 The heliocentric universe 6 Tycho Brahe, Kepler, and the ellipse 7 Galileo, the telescope, and Keplerian astronomy 8 The universal theory of gravitation 9 Celestial mechanics 10 The asteroids and the outer planets 11 New methods 12 Mercury and relativity

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N33 / L658