Kepler, elliptical orbits, and celestial circularity: A study in the persistece of metaphysical commitment

DOI10.1080/00033798200200241zbMath0481.01010OpenAlexW2083621554WikidataQ58275087 ScholiaQ58275087MaRDI QIDQ3937349

J. Bruce Brackenridge

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Annals of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00033798200200241

zbMATH Keywords

metaphysicsKepler's methodologyNewton's optics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) Methodology of mathematics (00A35) History of optics and electromagnetic theory (78-03) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

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