Planetary Astronomy from the Renaissance to the Rise of Astrophysics, Part A, Tycho Brahe to Newton

Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Tycho, Gilbert and Kepler: Part II. The Impact of the Telescope: Part III. Planetary, Lunar and Cometary Theories Between Kepler and Newton: Part IV. The Newtonian Achievement in Astronomy: Glossary of technical terms; Illustrations: acknowledgements and sources; Index; Part V. Early Phases in the Reception of Newton's Theory: Part VI. Celestial Mechanics During the Eighteenth Century: Part VII. Observational Astronomy and the Application of Theory in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries: Part VIII. The Development of Theory During the Nineteenth Century: Part IX. The Application of Celestial Mechanics to the Solar System to the End of the Nineteenth Century.