- 1Epigraph
- 2Preface
- 3Contents
- 4Chapter I — Primitive Astronomy
- 5Chapter II — Greek Astronomy
- 6Chapter III — The Middle Ages
- 7Chapter IV — Coppernicus
- 8Chapter V — The Reception of the Coppernican Theory and the Progres…
- 9Chapter VI — Galilei
- 10Chapter VII — Kepler
- 11Chapter VIII — From Galilei to Newton
- 12Chapter IX — Universal Gravitation
- 13Chapter X — Observational Astronomy in the 18th Century
- 14Chapter XI — Gravitational Astronomy in the 18th Century
- 15Chapter XII — Herschel
- 16Chapter XIII — The Nineteenth Century
- 17Authorities and Books for Students
A Short History of Astronomy
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