Lecture X
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Manuscript Metadata
Resource ID
1682
Access
Open
Contributed by
Frederik Wellmann
type of material
A. MS.
Category
HISTORY OF SCIENCE (MS 1268-1317)
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~
manuscript number
1281
publication
n.p.
topic
HISTORY OF SCIENCE
manuscript contains non-textual content
yes
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