A history of astronomy from Thales to Kepler
Subtitle: formerly titled"History of the planetary systems from Thales to Kepler".
Contributors: Dreyer, J. L. E. 1852-1926.; Stahl, William Harris.
Edition: 2nd ed. / revised with a foreword by W.H. Stahl.
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 1953
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
Description: A masterpiece of historical insight and scientific accuracy, this is the definitive work on Greek astronomy and the Copernican Revolution. Beginning with the ancient Egyptians, it ranges from the Pythagoreans and Plato to medieval European and Islamic cosmologies, concluding with detailed surveys of the works of Copernicus, Brahe, and Kepler.
Notes: 1st ed. 1906.