TAILIEUCHUNG - Sách History of Astronomy

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 | History of Astronomy 1 History of Astronomy The Project Gutenberg EBook of History of Astronomy by George Forbes Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this Project Gutenberg file. Please do not remove it. Do not change or edit the header without written permission. Please read the legal small print and other information about the eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file. Included is important information about your specific rights and restrictions in how the file may be used. You can also find out about how to make a donation to Project Gutenberg and how to get involved. Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers Since 1971 These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers Title History of Astronomy Author George Forbes Release Date May 2005 EBook 8172 Yes we are more than one year ahead of schedule This file was first posted on June 25 2003 Edition 10 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY Produced by Jonathan Ingram Dave Maddock Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Illustration SIR ISAAC NEWTON From the bust by Roubiliac In Trinity College Cambridge. HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY BY GEORGE FORBES . . M. INST. C. E. FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY ANDERSON S COLLEGE GLASGOW AUTHOR OF THE TRANSIT OF VENUS RENDU S THEORY OF THE GLACIERS OF SAVOY ETC. ETC. CONTENTS History of Astronomy PREFACE 2 BOOK I. THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD 1. PRIMITIVE ASTRONOMY AND ASTROLOGY 2. ANCIENT ASTRONOMY--CHINESE AND CHALDEANS 3. ANCIENT GREEK ASTRONOMY 4. THE REIGN OF EPICYCLES--FROM PTOLEMY TO COPERNICUS BOOK II. THE DYNAMICAL PERIOD 5. DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE SOLAR SYSTEM--TYCHO BRAHE--KEPLER 6. GALILEO AND THE

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• THE REIGN OF EPICYCLES
• TRUE SOLAR SYSTEM
• PRIMITIVE ASTRONOMY
• ASTROLOGY
• ANCIENT ASTRONOMY
• ANCIENT GREEK ASTRONOMY