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Tables of Contents for Copernicus and His Successors
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
vii
Introduction
ix
Aristarchus of Samos and Copernicus
1
10
Was Copernicus a Pythagorean?
11
6
Copernicus' Quotation from Sophocles
17
12
The Alfonsine Table and Copernicus (with the Assistance of Erna Hilfstein)
29
12
Copernicus and Al-Bitruji
41
6
Copernicus' Alleged Priesthood
47
10
Copernicus was not a `Happy Notary' (with the Assistance of Erna Hilfstein)
57
6
Copernicus' Attitude toward the Common People
63
8
Copernicus' Earliest Astronomical Treatise (with Erna Hilfstein)
71
10
Copernicus on the Phases and the Light of the Planets
81
18
Copernicus' Axioms
99
6
When did Copernicus Write the Revolutions?
105
12
Copernicus' Spheres and Epicycles
117
10
Copernicus and his Relation to Italian Science
127
12
Nicholas Copernicus and Giorgio Valla
139
10
Was Copernicus' Revolutions Approved by the Pope
149
12
Calvin's Attitude towards Copernicus
161
12
The First Map to Show the Earth in Rotation
173
8
Galileo the Copernican
181
12
Galileo's Misstatements about Copernicus
193
12
Was Copernicus' Revolutions Annotated by Tycho Brahe?
205
12
Kepler and the Lutheran Attitude towards Copernicus
217
22
Index
239