Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Copernican Revolution
Topics
Peculiar Motion of the Planets
Geocentric Model Explanation (Ptolemy ca. A.D. 140)
Ptolemy’s Geocentric Model of Solar System
Retrograde Motion Naturally Explained in Heliocentric Model
Elements of Copernicus’ Heliocentric Model
Ptolemy versus Copernicus
Galileo: Father of Modern Science and Astronomy
Galileo’s Telescopic Discoveries (1610)
Phases of Venus: Prediction of Heliocentric Model
Phases of Venus: Prediction of Geocentric Model
Elements of the Scientific Method
Theories, Laws and Models
Tycho Brahe’s Complex Data
Kepler: Astronomy’s First Research Assistant
Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion
Drawing an Ellipse
Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion
Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion
Table of Planetary Orbits
Orbital Eccentricity (e)
Determining the Scale of the Solar System
Calculation
Newton’s Mechanical Cosmos
Newton’s Laws of Motion
Newton’s Laws of Motion
Newton’s Laws of Motion
Newton’s Law of Gravity
Inverse Square Law
Newton’s Explanation for What Keeps Planets in their Orbits
Weighing the Sun
Kepler’s Laws Revisited
Generalization of Kepler’s 3rd Law
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