Johannes Kepler's New Astronomy
Part I: On the Relationships of Hypotheses
- Part I, Chapter 1, observing the heavens
- Part I, How long is a Mars year?
- Part I, Equivalence of Hypotheses (Flash)
- Part I, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Brahe equivalence
- Part I, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Brahe equivalence (exaggerated eccentricities)
- Part I, Chapter 3, the equivalence of an epicycle and an eccentric
- Part I, Chapter 4, Copernicus and Ptolemy: double-epicycle vs equant
- Part I, the Lunatic theory
- Part I, Preztel-shaped perceived motion of Mars
- Part I, Ptolemy and Copernicus -- method and results
- Part I, the Universe according to Ptolemy
- Part I, Chapter 5, mean vs apparent opposition -- first inequality
- Part I, Chapter 6, true heliocentrism
- Part I, everything you wanted to know about mean sun and apparent sun
Part II: The First Inequality, in Imitation of the Ancients
- Part II, standing on the sun (chapters 8 and 15)
- Part II, Chapter 9
- Part II, Chapter 11
- Part II, Nodes and Inclination, chapters 12 and 13, and second technique.
- Part II, chapter 15, Mean Longitude
- Part II, on the Vicarious Hypothesis, chapters 16-21
- Part II, Flash Animation for the vicarious hypothesis
- Part II, Chapter 21, May a false hypothesis yield the truth?
Part III: The Second Inequality, the Key to an Astronomy of Physical Causes
- Part III, Chapter 22, the equant is not the earth's center
- Part III, Chapter 23, bisecting the eccentricity
- Part III, watching the earth from Mars, without leaving the earth! (chapter 24)
- Part III, Chapter 30, oval motion
- Part III, Chapter 37, the diameter of power
- Part III, Chapter 38, vis insita
- Part III, Chapter 39 -- the difficulty of approaching geometry from physics.
- Part III, Chapter 40, measuring area
- Part III, the different anomalies (hi-res)
- Part III, Area-Time
- Part III, Wrap-Up
Part IV: The First Inequality, Truly Measured by Kepler's Physical Causes
- Part IV, Chapter 41, three points make a circle?
- Part IV, Chapter 42, determining the eccentricity
- Part IV, Chapter 43, applying area-time to the circle
- Part IV, Chapter 44, the path is not a circle
- Part IV, Chapter 45, proposed non-circular motion
- Part IV, Chapter 46, implementing the oval hypothesis
- Part IV, Chapter 47, applying area-time to the oval
- Part IV, Chapter 48, trying distance-time insted
- Part IV, Chapter 49, back to fundamentals
- Part IV, Chapter 50, six new approaches
- Part IV, Chapter 51, distances determined
- Part IV, Chapter 52, mean sun demolished!
- Part IV, Chapter 54, ratios reconsidered
- Part IV, Chapter 55, the middle course
- Part IV, Chapter 56, making the correct lengths
- Part IV, Chapter 57, magnetism
- Part IV, Chapter 58, correcting the puff-cheeked orbit
- Part IV, Chapter 59, measuring elliptical distance with circular area
- Part IV, Chapter 60, the Kepler Problem
Part V: On the Latitudes
- Part V, Chapter 61, nodes
- Part V, Chapter 62, inclination
- Part V, Chapter 63, physical causes of latitude
- Part V, Chapter 64, parallax
- Part V, Chapter 68, the Royal Road
©2007 L.Y.M.
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