The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universeStimson, Dorothy
History
The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe
Stimson, Dorothy
Astronomy -- History; Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543; Solar system
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INDEX
Addison, J., 91-92.
Agricola, G.L., 77.
Albategnius, 15.
Allaben, F., 103.
Alphonse X of Castile, 15, 119.
Ambrose, 16.
Arabian astronomers, 15, 16, 20, 119.
Archimedes, 11.
Aristarchus of Samos, 11-12n., 13, 27n., 43, 46.
Aristotle, 10, 18, 72, 81, 116, 117, 120, 122, 124.
Augustine, 16, 17, 18.
Bacon, Francis, 50, 72-73.
Bacon, Roger, 20.
Bayle, Pierre, 95-96.
Bellarmin, Cardinal, 56, 58-59, 66.
Benedict XIV, 69.
Bessel, 38, 106.
Bodin, Jean, 45-47, 104-105, 115-123.
Boscovich, 69, 97.
Bossuet, 97.
Bradley, 38, 98.
Browne, Thomas, 87-88.
Bruno, 32, 39, 47-52, 82, 87, 88, 105, 106.
Burton, Richard [Transcriber's Note: Robert], 88.
Calvin, 41, 69, 99.
Cartesian-Copernicans, 85-86, 91, 95, 98, 106.
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