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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/94342| Title: | Kepler, Newton, and the coming of age of science |
| Other Titles: | Systems of knowledge : a multidisciplinary approach |
| Authors: | Vancell, Joseph |
| Keywords: | Science Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630 Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 |
| Issue Date: | 2006 |
| Publisher: | Agenda |
| Citation: | Vancell, J. (2006).Kepler, Newton, and the coming of age of science. In L. J. Scerri & L. Lagana (Eds.), Systems of knowledge : a multidisciplinary approach (pp. 171-174). Malta: Agenda. |
| Abstract: | The Heliocentric the0ry proposed by Nicholaus Copernicus ( 1473-1543) in his book Concerning the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies ( 1543) was only a deductive rearrangement of the planetary orbits as conceived by the Greek astronomers. Indeed, Copernicus substituted a stationary sun for a stationary earth in his system of the universe. However, the planets still retained their circular orbits, because the circle was still considered to be a perfect geometrical shape, and it was difficult to think of a natural law as being other than perfect. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/94342 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacEduLLI |
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