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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)

Chapters

Preface

6:06

Read by Larry Wilson

Chapter 1: Primitive Astronomy and Astrology

12:38

Read by Jennifer Henry

Chapter 2: Ancient Chinese and Chaldaeans

13:14

Read by Jennifer Henry

Chapter 3: Ancient Greek Astronomy

22:06

Read by Ian Virly

Chapter 4: The Reign of Epicycles - From Ptolemy to Copernicus

11:59

Read by Ben Prince

Chapter 5: The Discovery of the True Solar System - Tycho Brahe - Kepler

25:46

Read by Availle

Chapter 6: Galileo and the Telescope - Notions of Gravity by Horrocks, etc

11:50

Read by Availle

Chapter 7: Sir Issac Newton - Law of Universal Gravitation

15:54

Read by Availle

Chapter 8: Newton's Successors - Haley, Euler, LaGrange, LaPlance, etc

9:26

Read by realisticspeakers

Chapter 9: Discovery of New Planets - Herschel, Piazzi, Adams, and Le Verrier

17:43

Read by realisticspeakers

Chapter 10: Instruments of Precision - Size of the Solar System

25:44

Read by realisticspeakers

Chapter 11: History of the Telescope - Spectroscope

15:13

Read by Jennifer Henry

Chapter 12: The Sun

20:02

Read by Justin Ordway

Chapter 13: The Moon and Planets

20:59

Read by Courtney Miller

Chapter 14: Comets and Meteors

9:56

Read by KevinS

Chapter 15: The Stars and Nebulae

40:11

Read by Justin Ordway

Bewertungen

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