Copernicus and His Successors

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A&C Black, Jan 1, 1995 - Science - 244 pages
The 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
21 Was Copernicus Revolutions Annotated by Tycho Brahe?
205
22 Kepler and the Lutheran Attitude towards Copernicus
217
Index
239
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