1st Edition

The Astronomical Revolution Copernicus - Kepler - Borelli

By Alexandre Koyre Copyright 2009
536 Pages
by Routledge

536 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in English in 1973. This volume traces the development of the revolution which so drastically altered man’s view of the universe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The "astronomical revolution" was accomplished in three stages, each linked with the work of one man. With Copernicus, the sun became the centre of the universe. With Kepler, celestial dynamics replaced... Read more
  1. Copernicus and the Cosmic Overthrow. 2. Kepler and the New Astronomy. 3 J A Borelli and Celestial Mechanics

 

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Alexandre Koyre