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| fixed length control field |
01204cam a2200193 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
031333241X |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
520.9 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
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| Personal name |
Hetherington, Norriss S., |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Planetary motions : a historical perspective / |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
Westport, Conn. : |
| Name of publisher |
Greenwood Press, |
| Year of publication |
2006. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
242 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
An introduction to the history of science -- Babylonian planetary astronomy -- Plato and saving the phenomena -- Eudoxus and concentric spheres -- Eccentrics and epicycles -- Equivalence -- Astronomy and physics -- Saving the phenomena quantitatively -- Ptolemy's exposition of mathematical astronomy -- Reality or mathematical fiction? -- The greatest astronomer of antiquity or the greatest fraud in the history of science? -- Islamic planetary astronomy -- Revival in the west -- Copernicus and planetary motions -- The Copernican revolution -- Breaking the circle -- Isaac Newton and gravity -- The Newtonian revolution. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Astronomy--History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Astronomy--Mathematics--History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Planetary science. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Science--History. |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip068/2006005043.html |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Electronic Books |
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