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§ 130. | Dynamical arguments in favour of the motion of the earth : the First Law of Motion. The tides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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§ 131. | The trial and condemnation. The thinly veiled Coppernicanism of the Dialogue : the remarkable preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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§ 132. | Summons to Rome : trial by the Inquisition : condemnation, abjuration, and punishment : prohibition of the Dialogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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§ 133. | Last years: life at Arcetri : libration of the moon : the Two New Sciences : uniform acceleration, and the first law of motion. Blindness and death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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§ 134. | Estimate of Galilei's work : his scientific method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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CHAPTER VII.
Kepler (from 1571 a.d. to 1630 a.d.), §§ 135-151 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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§ 135. | Early life and theological studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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§ 136. | Lectureship on mathematics at Gratz : astronomical studies and speculations : the Mysterium Cosmographicum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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§ 137. | Religious troubles in Styria : work with Tycho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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§ 138. | Appointment by the Emperor Rudolph as successor to Tycho : writings on the new star of 1604 and on Optics : theory of refraction and a new form of telescope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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§ 139. | Study of the motion of Mars : unsuccessful attempts to explain it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
183 |
§§ 140-1. | The ellipse : discovery of the first two of Kepler's Laws for the case of Mars : the Commentaries on Mars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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§ 142. | Suggested extension of Kepler's Laws to the other planets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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§ 143. | Abdication and death of Rudolph : appointment at Linz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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§ 144. | The Harmony of the World : discovery of Kepler's Third Law : the "music of the spheres" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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§ 145. | Epitome of the Copernican Astronomy : its prohibition : fanciful correction of the distance of the sun : observation of the sun's corona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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§ 146. | Treatise on Comets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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§ 147. | Religious troubles at Linz : removal to Ulm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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