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René Taton and Curtis Wilson (eds.). The General History of Astronomy. Vol. 2: Planetary Astronomy from the Renaissance to the Rise of Astrophysics. Part A: Tycho Brahe to Newton. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press (1989), x + 274 pp., $59.95 (cloth).

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Bernard R. Goldstein
Bernard R. Goldstein*
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University of Pittsburgh
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 59 , Issue 4 , December 1992 , pp. 698 - 700
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Copyright © 1992 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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