Copernicus and His SuccessorsThe essays in Copernirus and his Successors deal both with the influences on Copernicus, including that of Greek and Arabic thinkers, and with his own life and attitudes. They also examine how he was seen by contemporaries and finally describe his relationship to other scientists, including Galileo, Brahe and Kepler. |
Contents
1 Aristarchus of Samos and Copernicus | 1 |
2 Was Copernicus a Pythagorean? | 11 |
3 Copernicus Quotation from Sophocles | 17 |
with the Assistance of Erna Hilf stein | 29 |
5 Copernicus and AlBitruji | 41 |
6 Copernicus Alleged Priesthood | 47 |
with the Assistance of Erna Hilf stein | 57 |
8 Copernicus Attitude toward the Common People | 63 |
13 Copernicus Spheres and Epicycles | 117 |
14 Copernicus and his Relation to Italian Science | 127 |
15 Nicholas Copernicus and Giorgio Valla | 139 |
16 Was Copernicus Revolutions Approved by the Pope | 149 |
17 Calvins Attitude towards Copernicus | 161 |
18 The First Map to Show the Earth in Rotation | 173 |
19 Galileo the Copernican | 181 |
20 Galileos Misstatements about Copernicus | 193 |
9 Copernicus Earliest Astronomical Treatise with Erna Hilfstein | 71 |
10 Copernicus on the Phases and the Light of the Planets | 81 |
11 Copernicus Axioms | 99 |
12 When did Copernicus Write the Revolutions? | 105 |
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