دانلود کتاب The Comet of 1577: Its Place in the History of Astronomy

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PREFACE\nTABLE OF CONTENTS\nINTRODUCTION\nCHAPTER I. COMETARY THEORY TO THE END OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY\nCHAPTER II. COMETARY THEORYFROMTHEBEGINNINGOFTHEFIFTEENTHCENTURYTO1577\nCHAPTER III.THE COMET OF 1577: BELIEVERS IN ITS SUPRA-LUNARPOSITION\nCHAPTER IV. THE COMET OF 1577: THOSE WHOSE COMPUTATIONS OF ITS PARALLAX PLACED THE COMET BENEATH THE MOON\nCHAPTER V. THE COMET OF 1577: MEN WITH A SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND WHO MADE NO ATTEMPT TO MEAS-URE THE COMET’S DISTANCE\nCHAPTER VI. THE COMET OF 1577: PREACHERS AND POETS WHO USED THE COMET MERELY AS A THEME TO FURTHER THEIR OWN PURPOSE\nCHAPTER VII. THE COMET OF 1577: TRACTS BY PERSONS OF GENERAL CULTURE, ILLUSTRATING THE WIDESPREAD INTEREST IN NATURE\nCHAPTER VIII. THE COMET OF 1577: AUTHORS WHOSE TRACTS WERE PRIMARILY ASTROLOGICAL AND PREDICATORY\nCHAPTER IX. CONCLUSION\nAPPENDIX. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TRACTS AND TREATISES ON THE COMET OF 1577\nBIBLIOGRAPHY OF REFERENCES\nINDEX