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The Gradual Acceptance of the Copernican Theory of the Universe

The Gradual Acceptance of the Copernican Theory of the Universe

by Dorothy Stimson

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Author
Stimson, Dorothy, 1890-1988
Title
The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe
Credits
Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries, www.archive.org/details/gradualacceptan00stim)
Language
English
LoC Class
QB: Science: Astronomy
Subject
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543
Category
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eBook-No.
35744
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35744
Release Date
April 1, 2011
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.The Gradual Acceptance OF THE Copernican Theory of the Universe DOROTHY STIMSON, Ph.D.
  2. 2.TO MY FATHER AND MOTHER — Explanation
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.PREFACE
  6. 6.PART ONE AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE HELIOCENTRIC THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE.
  7. 7.CHAPTER I. The Development of Astronomical Thought to 1400 A.D. A Preliminary Sketch of Early Theories as a Background.
  8. 8.CHAPTER II. Copernicus and His Times.
  9. 9.CHAPTER III. The Later Development and Scientific Defense of the Copernican System.
  10. 10.PART TWO THE RECEPTION OF THE COPERNICAN THEORY.
  11. 11.CHAPTER I. Opinions and Arguments in the Sixteenth Century.
  12. 12.CHAPTER II. Bruno and Galileo.
  13. 13.CHAPTER III. The Opposition and Their Arguments.
  14. 14.CHAPTER IV. The Gradual Acceptance of the Copernican System.
  15. 15.CHAPTER V. The Church and the New Astronomy: Conclusion.
  16. 16.APPENDIX A. Ptolemy : Syntaxis Mathematica (Almagest)
  17. 17.APPENDIX B. “To His Holiness, Paul III, Supreme Pontiff, Preface By Nicholas Copernicus to His Books on Revolutions.”
  18. 18.APPENDIX C.
  19. 19.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)
  20. 20.BIBLIOGRAPHY (of references cited.) — I General Works. — II Special Works. — III Sources. — A: Pre-Copernican (chapters I and II). — B: Copernican and Post-Copernican.
  21. 21.INDEX
  22. 22.FOOTNOTES

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