Lecture X
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Manuscript Metadata
Resource ID
39010
Access
Open
Contributed by
Frederik Wellmann
type of material
A. MS.
description
Lecture X of the Lowell Institute Lectures of 1892-93. Nicholas of Cusa. Comparison of the Ptolemaic system with the heliocentric system of Copernicus. The weakness of the Copernican theory and Kepler's corrections of it. Copernicus commits a common error of rhetoric by attempting too much in one book.
general index
Copernicus, Kepler Johannes, Nicholas of Cusa, Ptolemy and Ptolemaic system, history of see also Astronomy history of Mathematics history of
pagination
pp. 1-14, incomplete
Date
1892~
number
MS1281_004
abbreviated title
-
date (Robin)
c. 1892
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