History of Astronomy


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An attempt has been made in these pages to trace the evolution of intellectual thought in the progress of astronomical discovery, and, by recognising the different points of view of the different ages, to give due credit even to the ancients. No one can expect, in a history of astronomy of limited size, to find a treatise on “practical” or on “theoretical astronomy,” nor a complete “descriptive astronomy,” and still less a book on “speculative astronomy.” Something of each of these is essential, however, for tracing the progress of thought and knowledge which it is the object of this History to describe. - Summary from the Preface (4 hr 38 min)

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Preface 6:06 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Chapter 1: Primitive Astronomy and Astrology 12:38 Gelesen von Jennifer Henry
Chapter 2: Ancient Chinese and Chaldaeans 13:14 Gelesen von Jennifer Henry
Chapter 3: Ancient Greek Astronomy 22:06 Gelesen von Ian Virly
Chapter 4: The Reign of Epicycles - From Ptolemy to Copernicus 11:59 Gelesen von Ben Prince
Chapter 5: The Discovery of the True Solar System - Tycho Brahe - Kepler 25:46 Gelesen von Availle
Chapter 6: Galileo and the Telescope - Notions of Gravity by Horrocks, etc 11:50 Gelesen von Availle
Chapter 7: Sir Issac Newton - Law of Universal Gravitation 15:54 Gelesen von Availle
Chapter 8: Newton's Successors - Haley, Euler, LaGrange, LaPlance, etc 9:26 Gelesen von realisticspeakers
Chapter 9: Discovery of New Planets - Herschel, Piazzi, Adams, and Le Verrier 17:43 Gelesen von realisticspeakers
Chapter 10: Instruments of Precision - Size of the Solar System 25:44 Gelesen von realisticspeakers
Chapter 11: History of the Telescope - Spectroscope 15:13 Gelesen von Jennifer Henry
Chapter 12: The Sun 20:02 Gelesen von Justin Ordway
Chapter 13: The Moon and Planets 20:59 Gelesen von Courtney Miller
Chapter 14: Comets and Meteors 9:56 Gelesen von KevinS
Chapter 15: The Stars and Nebulae 40:11 Gelesen von Justin Ordway

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Chapter 4 is really primarily Copernicus


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excellent read. filled in many gaps in my Knowledge of the old astronomers.

I agree that chapter 4 is really primarily Copernicus


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It's true