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The Project Physics Course Text and Handbook 2 Motion in the Heavens The Project Physics Course Text and Handbook UNIT 2 Motion in the Heavens Published by A Component of the HOLT, RINEHART and WINSTON, Inc. Project Physics Course New York, Toronto Directors of Harvard Project Physics Acknowledgments, Text Section Gerald Holton, Department of Physics, Harvard The authors and publisher have made every effort University to trace the ownership of all selections found F. James Rutherford, Capuchino High School, in this book and to make full acknowledgment for San Bruno, California, and Harvard University their use. Many of the selections are in public Fletcher G. Watson, Harvard Graduate School domain. of Education Grateful acknowledgment is hereby made to the following authors, pubhshers, agents, and in- dividuals for use of their copyrighted material. Special Consultant 21, 22 Ptolemy, "The Almagest," Trans, by to Project Physics Pp. Taliaferro, R. Catesby, Great Books of the Western World, Vol. 5-12 not inclusive, Andrew Ahlgren, Harvard Graduate School of 16, pp. 1952 by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Education copyright P. 29 Rosen, Edward, Trans. "The Commentariolus of Copernicus," Three Copernican Treatises, A partial bst of staff Columbia University Press, pp. 57-58. and consultants to Harvard Project Pp. 31, 32 Copernicus, "De Revolutionibus," Physics appears on page iv ("On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres"), Great Books of the Western World. Vol. 16. pp. 514 and 508, copyright 1939 by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. This Text and Handbook, Unit 2 is one of the Pp. 31, 32, 33 Rosen, op. cit., pp. 58-59. many instructional materials developed for the P. 38 Knedler, John W.. Jr., Masterworks of Project Physics Course. These materials include Science, Doubleday and Company, Inc., pp. 67-69. Texts, Handbooks, Teacher Resource Books, Pp. 39, 40 Copernicus, Great Books of the Readers, Programmed Instruction booklets. 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Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton's Life, Taylor and Francis, p. 21. written in 1752. Pp. 86, 87 Anthony, H. D., Sir'isaac Newton, p. 96. copyright © 1960 by Abelard-Schuman Ltd. Copyright © 1970, Project Physics P. 88 Newton. Sir Isaac. The Principia, Vol. I, All Rights Reserved Motte's translation revised by Cajori. pp. xvii- 2nd Printing April, 1971 xviii, copyright © 1961 by University of 3rd Printing May, 1972 California Press. ISBN 0-03-084498-3 Pp. 88, 89, 97 Ibid.. Vol. II. pp. 398-408 and 234567890 039 9876543 p. 547. copyright © 1962 by University of Project Physics is a registered trademark California Press. p. 89 Pope, Alexander, Epitaph Intended for P. 11 Mount Wilson and Palomar Observa- Sir Isaac Newton (1732). tories P. 115 Fontenelle, "Preface sur L'UtiUte des P. 18 DeGolyer Collection, University of Mathematlques et de la Physique" from Oeuvres Oklahoma Libraries. in Completes (1818), Randall, John H., Jr., P. 28 Jagiellonian Library, University of The Making of the Modern Mind, p. 254, Revised Krakow, Poland. Edition, copyright 1940 by Mifflin Houghton P. 29 Muzeum Okregowe in Torun. Courtesy Company. of Dr. Owen Gingerich. P 117 Wilson, James, The Works the Honour- of P. 42 Jagiellonian Library, University of Wilson, able James pubUshed under direction of Krakow, Poland. Wilson, Bird, Bronson and Chauncey, pp. 411-412, P. 46 (top left) from Atlas Major, vol. I, Jan not inclusive. Blaeu, 1664; (bottom left) The Mansell Collec- Pp. 118, 119 Burtt, E. A. The Metaphysical tion, London; Danish Information Office. Foundations of Modern Science, pp. 238-239, P. 47 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Humanities Press, Inc. courtesy of Dr. Owen Gingerich. P. 120 Laplace, A Philosophical Essay on P. 48 (top left) from Brahe, Tycho, Astro- Probabilities, first published in Paris (1814), nomiae Instauratae Mechanica, Phihp von Ohr, trans. Truscott, Frederick and Emory, Frederick, Wandsbeck, 1598; (bottom photograph) by John Dover Pubhcations, Inc., p. 4. Bryson, reprinted with permission from P 120 Darwan, Erasmus, quoted by Charles Darwin HOLIDAY, 1966, the Curtis Publishing Company. in his preface to Krause, Erasmus Darwin, D. P. 50 Mount Wilson and Palomar Observa- Appleton and Company, p. 44. tories. P. 54 (portrait) The Bettmann Archive. P. 56 Kepler, Johannes, Mysterium cosmo- graphicum, Linz, 1596. P. 62 Archives, Academy of Sciences, Picture Credits, Text Section Leningrad, U.S.S.R. Photo courtesy of Dr. Owen Gingerich. Cover photograph : the orrery on the cover P. 69 Instituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, was made in 1830 by Newton of Chancery Lane, Florence, Italy. London. The earth and moon are geared; the P. 71 DeGolyer Collection, University of rest of the planets have to be set by hand. It is Oklahoma Libraries. from the Collection of Historical Scientific P. 72 (middle photograph) Lowell Observatory Instruments at Harvard University. Photograph Photograph by Albert Gregory, Jr. P. 74 Alinari—Art Reference Bureau. P. 77 Bill Bridges. Opposite p. 1 Aztec Calendar Stone in the P. 81 Courtesy of Biblioteca Nazionale Museo Nacional, Mexico City. Photo courtesy of Centrale, Florence. the American Museum of Natural History, New P. 82 Yerkes Observatory York. P. 85 (drawing) from a manuscript by Newton P. 1 Collection of Historical Scientific Instru- in the University Library, Cambridge; (portrait) ments, Harvard University. engraved by Bt. Reading from a painting by Sir P. 2 (top) Stephen Perrln. Peter Lely. Trinity College Library, Cambridge. P. 3 Courtesy of the Trustees of the British P. 96 Descartes, Rene, Principia Philosophiae, Museum, London. 1664. P. 4 Frontispiece from Recueil de plusieurs P. 102 Courtesy of NASA. traitez de Mathematique de I'Academie Royals P. 105 Cavendish, Henry, Philosophical Trans- des Sciences, 1676. actions of the Royal Society, vol. 88, 198. P. 6 Emil Schultess, Black Star Publishing P. 1 16 Print Collection of the Federal Company, Inc. Institute of Technology, Zurich. P. 9 (top left) John Stofan; (top right) John All photographs not credited above were made Bufkin, Macon, Missouri, Feb. 1964. by the staff of Harvard Project Physics. 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