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Outline of Lecture on Copernican Revolution: 1. Source of word “revolution” with its present meaning. 2. Why did people care where the planets were? a. Agriculture. b. Auguries. c. Cyclic behavior suggests some law,
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Document Date: 2015-01-28 03:29:16


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Alexandria / /

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Ptolemy / Galileo / /

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going forward / geocentric model / astronomer / model / forward / /

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technology of Ptolemy’s time / /

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