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Lecture X of the Lowell Institute Lectures of 1892-93. Nicholas of Cusa. Comparison of the Ptolemaic system with the heliocentric system of Copernicus. The weakness of the Copernican theory and Kepler's corrections of it. Copernicus commits a common error of rhetoric by attempting too much in one book.
Copernicus, Kepler Johannes, Nicholas of Cusa, Ptolemy and Ptolemaic system, history of see also Astronomy history of; Mathematics history of
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