{"product_id":"2940015735529","title":"Pioneers of Science","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  _PART I_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  LECTURE I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                   PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  COPERNICUS AND THE MOTION OF THE EARTH              2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  LECTURE II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  TYCHO BRAHÉ AND THE EARLIEST OBSERVATORY           32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  LECTURE III\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  KEPLER AND THE LAWS OF PLANETARY MOTION            56\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  LECTURE IV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  GALILEO AND THE INVENTION OF THE TELESCOPE         80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  LECTURE V\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  GALILEO AND THE INQUISITION                       108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  LECTURE VI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  DESCARTES AND HIS THEORY OF VORTICES              136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  LECTURE VII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  SIR ISAAC NEWTON                                  159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  LECTURE VIII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  NEWTON AND THE LAW OF GRAVITATION                 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  LECTURE IX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  NEWTON'S \"PRINCIPIA\"                              203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  _PART II_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  LECTURE X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ROEMER AND BRADLEY AND THE VELOCITY OF LIGHT      232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  LECTURE XI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  LAGRANGE AND LAPLACE--THE STABILITY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM,\u003cbr\u003e  AND THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS                        254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  LECTURE XII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  HERSCHEL AND THE MOTION OF THE FIXED STARS        273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  LECTURE XIII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE DISCOVERY OF THE ASTEROIDS                    294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  LECTURE XIV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  BESSEL--THE DISTANCES OF THE STARS, AND THE DISCOVERY OF\u003cbr\u003e  STELLAR PLANETS                                   304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  LECTURE XV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE DISCOVERY OF NEPTUNE                          317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  LECTURE XVI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  COMETS AND METEORS                                331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  LECTURE XVII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE TIDES                                         353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  LECTURE XVIII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE TIDES, AND PLANETARY EVOLUTION                379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eILLUSTRATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  FIG.                                                                PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  1. ARCHIMEDES                                                          8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  2. LEONARDO DA VINCI                                                  10\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  3. COPERNICUS                                                         12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  4. HOMERIC COSMOGONY                                                  15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  5. EGYPTIAN SYMBOL OF THE UNIVERSE                                    16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  6. HINDOO EARTH                                                       17\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  7. ORDER OF ANCIENT PLANETS CORRESPONDING TO THE DAYS OF\u003cbr\u003e     THE WEEK                                                           19\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  8. PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM                                                   20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  9. SPECIMENS OF APPARENT PATHS OF VENUS AND OF MARS\u003cbr\u003e     AMONG THE STARS                                                    21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  10. APPARENT EPICYCLIC ORBITS OF JUPITER AND SATURN                   22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  11. EGYPTIAN SYSTEM                                                   24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  12. TRUE ORBITS OF EARTH AND JUPITER                                  25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  13. ORBITS OF MERCURY AND EARTH                                       25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  14. COPERNICAN SYSTEM AS FREQUENTLY REPRESENTED                       26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  15. SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE NORTH POLE IN A CIRCLE AMONG\u003cbr\u003e      THE STARS                                                         29\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  16. TYCHONIC SYSTEM, SHOWING THE SUN WITH ALL THE PLANETS\u003cbr\u003e      REVOLVING ROUND THE EARTH                                         38\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  17. PORTRAIT OF TYCHO                                                 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  18. EARLY OUT-DOOR QUADRANT OF TYCHO                                  43\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  19. MAP OF DENMARK, SHOWING THE ISLAND OF HUEN                        45\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  20. URANIBURG                                                         46\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  21. ASTROLABE                                                         47\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  22. TYCHO'S LARGE SEXTANT                                             48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  23. THE QUADRANT IN URANIBURG                                         49\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  24. TYCHO'S FORM OF TRANSIT CIRCLE                                    50\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  25. A MODERN TRANSIT CIRCLE                                           51\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  26. ORBITS OF SOME OF THE PLANETS DRAWN TO SCALE                      60\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  27. MANY-SIDED POLYGON OR APPROXIMATE CIRCLE ENVELOPED\u003cbr\u003e      BY STRAIGHT LINES                                                 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  28. KEPLER'S IDEA OF THE REGULAR SOLIDS                               62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  29. DIAGRAM OF EQUANT                                                 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  30. EXCENTRIC CIRCLE SUPPOSED TO BE DIVIDED INTO EQUAL AREAS          68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  31. 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