Philosophy 167: Class 11 - Part 10 - Cassini's Effort to Rebuild Observational Astronomy: Picard's Expedition to Hven, and Richer's Expedition to Cayenne.
Smith, George E. (George Edwin), 1938-
2014-11-18
Description
Synopsis: Cassini set out to analyze Kepler's mechanics starting with new accurate observations, which takes 80 years.
Opening line: "Once Cassini was there, remember, he had already decided in Bologna that Astronomy had to be built from the ground up."