History of the Planetary Systems
From Thales to Kepler

Originally published in 1906, this book presents a study of 'the history of man's conception of the Universe'.

J. L. E. Dreyer (Author)

9781107432628, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 October 2014

444 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.56 kg

Originally published in 1906, this book presents a study of 'the history of man's conception of the Universe from the earliest historical ages to the completion of the Copernican system by Kepler in the seventeenth century'. Detailed notes and illustrative figures are incorporated throughout. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in planetary systems and the history of astronomy.

Introduction. The earliest cosmological ideas
1. The early Greek philosophers
2. The Pythagorean school
3. Plato
4. The homocentric spheres of Eudoxus
5. Aristotle
6. Herakleides and Aristarchus
7. The theory of Epicycles
8. The dimensions of the world
9. The Ptolemaic system
10. Medieval cosmology
11. Oriental astronomers
12. The revival of astronomy in Europe
13. Copernicus
14. Tycho Brahe and his contemporaries
15. Kepler
16. Conclusion
Index.

Subject Areas: Astronomy, space & time [PG]