La refutabilidad del sistema de epiciclos y deferentes de Ptolomeo
To assert that the ancient planetary theory proposed by Ptolemy was irrefutable – at least until the telescope discovery – is a bit of a cliché. The aim of this paper is to analyze in what sense it could be said that the epicycle and deferent model proposed by Ptolemy to explain the planetary moveme...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2010-08-01
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| Series: | Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/1808-1711.2010v14n2p211/17958 |