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Philosophy 167: Class 11 - Part 14 - Pressing Issues in Astronomy in 1679: Seven Ways of Calculating Planetary Orbits, and Ten Open Questions.
Smith, George E. (George Edwin), 1938-
2014-11-18
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Synopsis: Summarizes the status of astronomy in 1679, and the top ten unanswered questions of the time.
Opening line: "All right, cuz what I wanna look at now is where astronomy stood, I'll finish tonight with this, where astronomy stood in 1679."
Duration: 12:24 minutes.
Segment: Class 11, Part 14.
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Celestial mechanics.
Astronomy--Philosophy.
Astronomy--History.
Philosophy and science.
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