TO MY FATHER AND MOTHER

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

PREFACE

PART ONE AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE HELIOCENTRIC THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE.

CHAPTER I. The Development of Astronomical Thought to 1400 A.D.

CHAPTER II. Copernicus and His Times.

CHAPTER III. The Later Development and Scientific Defense of the Copernican System.

PART TWO THE RECEPTION OF THE COPERNICAN THEORY.

CHAPTER I. Opinions and Arguments in the Sixteenth Century.

CHAPTER II. Bruno and Galileo.

CHAPTER III. The Opposition and Their Arguments.

CHAPTER IV. The Gradual Acceptance of the Copernican System.

CHAPTER V. The Church and the New Astronomy: Conclusion.

APPENDIX A. Ptolemy : Syntaxis Mathematica (Almagest)

APPENDIX B. "To His Holiness, Paul III, Supreme Pontiff,

APPENDIX C.

APPENDIX D. A Translation of a Letter by Thomas Feyens On the

BIBLIOGRAPHY (of references cited.) I General Works.

INDEX

FOOTNOTES

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