Philosophy 167: Class 5 - Part 12 - Pierre Gassendi and the Transit of Mercury: the Elliptical Orbits, the Sizes of the Planets, and their Heliocentric Distances.
Smith, George E. (George Edwin), 1938-
2014-09-30
Description
Synopsis: Follows the work of Pierre Gassendi, who observed the 1631 transit of Mercury across the Sun predicted by Kepler, and revised Mercury's orbit.
Opening line: "All right, the important one here immediately is Gassendi."