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Newton - Understanding The Cosmos
The key discoveries and theories that preceded Newton's work on gravitation are described: including those of Copernicus, Kepler, Descartes, Cassini, Huygens, Hooke and Roemer. Surprisingly there is no description of a major contribution from Galileo - beyond his assertion that heavenly bodies are not perfect and cannot be placed above scientific reasoning. Three demonstrations of Newton's theories are also presented. That is proof of the flattening of the earth at the poles, by the French in 1735, predicting the re-appearance of Halley's Comet in 1759 and the existence of Neptune and the description of its orbit in 1846. Alexander Pope did not exaggerate, Newton's extraordinary mind drew together all the scientific knowledge of his day and moulded it into a theory that accounted
for almost every observable fact.
for almost every observable fact.
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