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Exploring Space & Planetary Defense High School & University
Newton’s Greatest Contribution to Humankind
Course Access: 365 days access
Course Overview
Author: Peter Higgins
Student Age Level: 14+
Newton wins Wren prize proving Kepler and Copernicus to have been correct in asserting heliocentric planetary motion marking the beginning of the Age of Reason.
- Manager: Lynne Zielinski
- Teacher: Peter Higgins, PhD
- Contributor: Czar Dickson
Index:
- Introduction
Announcements - General
- Introduction
- Newton and others in the story
- Ptolemaic Model
- The epicycle
- The Wren prize
- The proof
- Making the calculations
- References
- Send a Postcard to Space!
