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written by Nick Strobel
These web pages give a brief history of the imporatant figures associated with shaping Astronomical thought into what it is today.  It covers the work and discoveries of the ancient Greeks, Ptomely, Copernicus, Galileo, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, and others.  This is a part of Astronomy notes, an educational resource for introductory undergraduate astronomy classes.
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Astronomy
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- Lower Undergraduate
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Copernicus, Galileo, Greeks, Kepler, Newton, Ptomely, Tycho Brahe, history of astronomy
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Metadata instance created December 2, 2003 by Patricia Monahan
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Strobel, N. (2001). History and Philosophy of Western Astronomy. Retrieved April 20, 2024, from http://www.astronomynotes.com/history/s1.htm
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Strobel, Nick. History and Philosophy of Western Astronomy. 2001. http://www.astronomynotes.com/history/s1.htm (accessed 20 April 2024).
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Strobel, Nick. History and Philosophy of Western Astronomy. 2001. 20 Apr. 2024 <http://www.astronomynotes.com/history/s1.htm>.
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