Planetary Systems From the Ancient Greeks to Kepler
by
Theodor Jacobsen

Ptolemy's AlmagestChapter IAstronomical Knowledge
of the Ancient Greeks
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Eudoxus' Model of the UniverseChapter IIEudoxus
(408-355 B.C.)
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Hipparchus Observes the HeavensChapter IIIHipparchus
(A. 146-126 B.C.)
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Ptolemy Explains; Courtesy of The Granger Collection, New YorkChapter IVPtolemy
(A. 125-150 B.C.)
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Copernicus on a Hungarian StampChapter VCopernicus
(1473-1543)
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In his Observatory on the Isle of HvenChapter VITycho Brahe
(1546-1601)
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Johannes KeplerChapter VIIKepler
(1571-1630)
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