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| § 130. | Dynamical arguments in favour of the motion of the earth : the First Law of Motion. The tides |
165 |
| § 131. | The trial and condemnation. The thinly veiled Coppernicanism of the Dialogue : the remarkable preface |
168 |
| § 132. | Summons to Rome : trial by the Inquisition : condemnation, abjuration, and punishment : prohibition of the Dialogue |
169 |
| § 133. | Last years: life at Arcetri : libration of the moon : the Two New Sciences : uniform acceleration, and the first law of motion. Blindness and death |
172 |
| § 134. | Estimate of Galilei's work : his scientific method |
176 |
CHAPTER VII.
Kepler (from 1571 a.d. to 1630 a.d.), §§ 135-151 |
179-197 |
| § 135. | Early life and theological studies |
179 |
| § 136. | Lectureship on mathematics at Gratz : astronomical studies and speculations : the Mysterium Cosmographicum |
180 |
| § 137. | Religious troubles in Styria : work with Tycho |
181 |
| § 138. | Appointment by the Emperor Rudolph as successor to Tycho : writings on the new star of 1604 and on Optics : theory of refraction and a new form of telescope |
182 |
| § 139. | Study of the motion of Mars : unsuccessful attempts to explain it |
183 |
| §§ 140-1. | The ellipse : discovery of the first two of Kepler's Laws for the case of Mars : the Commentaries on Mars |
184 |
| § 142. | Suggested extension of Kepler's Laws to the other planets |
186 |
| § 143. | Abdication and death of Rudolph : appointment at Linz |
188 |
| § 144. | The Harmony of the World : discovery of Kepler's Third Law : the "music of the spheres" |
188 |
| § 145. | Epitome of the Copernican Astronomy : its prohibition : fanciful correction of the distance of the sun : observation of the sun's corona |
191 |
| § 146. | Treatise on Comets |
193 |
| § 147. | Religious troubles at Linz : removal to Ulm |
194 |
