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The History of Astronomy Simplified

This summarizes Adam Smith's History of Astronomy discussing Aristotle, Ptolemy, Kepler, Descartes, and Newton

The System of Concentric Spheres

Part 1

The Flat Earth; Increase of Spheres; Eccentric Spheres

Part 2

The Stoical System

Part 3

The System of Copernicus

Part 4

Reception to Copernicus' System

Part 5

Tycho Brahe' System of Astronomy

Part 6

Kepler's System of Astronomy

Part 7

The Observations of Cassini

Part 8

Descartes' System of Astronomy

Part 9

The Third Element: Matter

Part 9b

Isaac Netwon's System of Astronomy

Part 10

Gravity and Mass

Part 11