Publication

1994 - Springer, Princeton, N.J, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

54,000 words, Guess

Page Count

216 pages

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and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC520
  • LCCQB43.2 .S74 1994
  • LCCQB43.2.S74 1994

Description

Kepler's Physical Astronomy is an account of Kepler's reformulation of astronomy as a physical science, and of his successful use of (incorrect) physics as a guide in his astronomical discoveries. It presents the only reliable account of the internal logic of Kepler's so-called first and second laws, showing how and to what extent Kepler thought he had derived them from his physical principles. It explains for the first time Kepler's attempt to use an obscure discovery of Tycho Brahe to unify and confirm all of his own physical theories. It also describes the intricate (and neglected) theory which Kepler developed to account for the additional anomalies needed for the theory of the moon.

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  • Kepler's physical astronomySpringer1994-01-01

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