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Earth's Place in the Universe. Introduction: The History of the Solar System. Aristotle's Philosophical Universe. Ptolemy's Geocentric Cosmos. Copernicus' Heliocentric System. Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion.

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Johannes Kepler

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Isaac Newton: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

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Earth's Place in the Universe. Introduction: The History of the Solar System. Aristotle's Philosophical Universe. Ptolemy's Geocentric Cosmos. Copernicus' Heliocentric System. Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion.

Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus: heliocentric system

Johannes Kepler

frontispiece to Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic & Copernican

Isaac Newton: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

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