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History of Astronomy

History of Astronomy

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Number of Chapters: 16

Length: 04 hours and 38 minutes

Language: English

An attempt has been made in these pages to trace the evolution of intellectual thought in the progress of astronomical discovery, and, by recognising the different points of view of the different ages, to give due credit even to the ancients. No one can expect, in a history of astronomy of limited size, to find a treatise on “practical” or on “theoretical astronomy,” nor a complete “descriptive astronomy,” and still less a book on “speculative astronomy.” Something of each of these is essential, however, for tracing the progress of thought and knowledge which it is the object of this History to describe. - Summary from the Preface

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Preface (Larry Wilson)
Chapter 1: Primitive Astronomy and Astrology (Jennifer Henry)
Chapter 2: Ancient Chinese and Chaldaeans (Jennifer Henry)
Chapter 3: Ancient Greek Astronomy (Ian Virly)
Chapter 4: The Reign of Epicycles - From Ptolemy to Copernicus (Ben Prince)
Chapter 5: The Discovery of the True Solar System - Tycho Brahe - Kepler (Availle)
Chapter 6: Galileo and the Telescope - Notions of Gravity by Horrocks, etc (Availle)
Chapter 7: Sir Issac Newton - Law of Universal Gravitation (Availle)
Chapter 8: Newton's Successors - Haley, Euler, LaGrange, LaPlance, etc (realisticspeakers)
Chapter 9: Discovery of New Planets - Herschel, Piazzi, Adams, and Le Verrier (realisticspeakers)
Chapter 10: Instruments of Precision - Size of the Solar System (realisticspeakers)
Chapter 11: History of the Telescope - Spectroscope (Jennifer Henry)
Chapter 12: The Sun (Justin Ordway)
Chapter 13: The Moon and Planets (Courtney Miller)
Chapter 14: Comets and Meteors (KevinS)
Chapter 15: The Stars and Nebulae (Justin Ordway)
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