The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe
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- The Gradual Acceptance OF THE Copernican Theory of the Universe DOROTHY STIMSON, Ph.D.
- TO MY FATHER AND MOTHER
- Explanation
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE
- PART ONE AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE HELIOCENTRIC THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE.
- CHAPTER I. The Development of Astronomical Thought to 1400 A.D. A Preliminary Sketch of Early Theories as a Background.
- CHAPTER II. Copernicus and His Times.
- CHAPTER III. The Later Development and Scientific Defense of the Copernican System.
- PART TWO THE RECEPTION OF THE COPERNICAN THEORY.
- CHAPTER I. Opinions and Arguments in the Sixteenth Century.
- CHAPTER II. Bruno and Galileo.
- CHAPTER III. The Opposition and Their Arguments.
- CHAPTER IV. The Gradual Acceptance of the Copernican System.
- CHAPTER V. The Church and the New Astronomy: Conclusion.
- APPENDIX A. Ptolemy: Syntaxis Mathematica (Almagest)
- APPENDIX B. “To His Holiness, Paul III, Supreme Pontiff, Preface By Nicholas Copernicus to His Books on Revolutions.”
- APPENDIX C.
- APPENDIX D. A Translation of a Letter by Thomas Feyens On the Question: Is It True That the Heavens Are Moved and the Earth Is at Rest? (February, 1619)
- BIBLIOGRAPHY (of references cited.)
- I General Works.
- II Special Works.
- III Sources.
- A: Pre-Copernican (chapters I and II).
- B: Copernican and Post-Copernican.
- INDEX
- FOOTNOTES
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