Description |
xiv, 1085 pages : illustrations, tables. ; 25 cm. |
Series |
Great books of the Western world ; v. 16 |
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Great books of the Western world ; v. 16.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies. |
Contents |
The almagest / Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by R. Catesby Taliaferro -- Introduction, symbols, and abbreviations, and a short bibliography to Copernicus and Kepler -- On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres / Nicolaus Copernicus, translated by Charles Glenn Wallis -- Epitome of Copernican astronomy, IV and V ; The harmonies of the world, V / Johannes Kepler, translated by Charles Glenn Wallis. |
Subject |
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
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Mathematics, Greek.
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Added Author |
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543.
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. English.
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Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630.
Epitome astronomiae copernicanae. English.
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Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630.
Harmonices mundi. English.
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Taliaferro, R. Catesby (Robert Catesby), 1907-1989.
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Wallis, Charles Glenn, translator.
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Added Title |
Almagest. English
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On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres. |
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Epitome of Copernican astronomy. |
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Copernican astronomy. |
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Harmonies of the world. |
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