An Elementary Survey of Celestial MechanicsExamines three groups of "disadvantaged" children from Eskimo, Chicano, and Indian cultures. |
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troduction | 6 |
The Geometry of Planetary Motions from Copernicus to Kepler | 13 |
The Discovery of the Law of Gravitation | 30 |
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