The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe
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1. Front matter2. The Gradual Acceptance OF THE Copernican Theory of the Universe DOROTHY STIMSON, Ph.D.3. TO MY FATHER AND MOTHER4. ILLUSTRATIONS5. PREFACE6. CHAPTER I. The Development of Astronomical Thought to 1400 A.D. A Preliminary Sketch of Early Theories as a Background.7. CHAPTER II. Copernicus and His Times.8. CHAPTER III. The Later Development and Scientific Defense of the Copernican System.9. CHAPTER I. Opinions and Arguments in the Sixteenth Century.10. CHAPTER II. Bruno and Galileo.11. CHAPTER III. The Opposition and Their Arguments.12. CHAPTER IV. The Gradual Acceptance of the Copernican System.13. CHAPTER V. The Church and the New Astronomy: Conclusion.14. APPENDIX A. Ptolemy: Syntaxis Mathematica (Almagest)15. APPENDIX B. “To His Holiness, Paul III, Supreme Pontiff, Preface By Nicholas Copernicus to His Books on Revolutions.”16. APPENDIX C.17. APPENDIX D. A Translation of a Letter by Thomas Feyens On the Question: Is It True That the Heavens Are Moved and the Earth Is at Rest? (February, 1619)18. BIBLIOGRAPHY (of references cited.)19. INDEX20. FOOTNOTES