The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe

CONTENTS

Illustrations	7
Preface	8
Part I. An Historical Sketch of the Heliocentric Theory of the Universe.
Chapter I. The Development of Astronomical Thought to 1400: Preliminary Review	9
Chapter II. Copernicus and his Times	20
Chapter III. Later Development and Scientific Defense of the Copernican Theory	33
Part II. The Reception of the Copernican Theory.
Chapter I. Opinions and Arguments in the Sixteenth Century	39
Chapter II. Bruno and Galileo	49
Chapter III. The Opposition and their Arguments	71
Chapter IV. The Gradual Acceptance of the Copernican Theory	85
Chapter V. The Church and the New Astronomy: Conclusion	95
Appendices: Translations by the writer.
A. Ptolemy: Almagest. Bk. I, chap. 7: That the earth has no movement of rotation	107
B. Copernicus: De Revolutionibus, Dedication to the Pope	109
C. Bodin: UniversÆ NaturÆ Theatrum, Bk. V, sections 1 and 2 in part, and section 10 entire	115
D. Fienus: Epistolica QuÆstio: Is it true that the heavens are moved and the earth is at rest?	124
Bibliography	130
Index	145

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