Contents

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PREFACE

CHAPTER 1. A DAY IN COURT

CHAPTER 2. THE CHASE BEGINS

CHAPTER 3. IN THE STEPS OF COPERNICUS

CHAPTER 4. THE LENTEN PRETZEL AND THE EPICYCLES MYTH

CHAPTER 5. "EMBELLISHED BY A DISTINGUISHED MAN"

CHAPTER 6. THE MOMENT OF TRUTH

CHAPTER 7. THE WITTICH CONNECTION

CHAPTER 8. BIGGER BOOKS LINGER LONGER

CHAPTER 9. FORBIDDEN GAMES

CHAPTER 10. THE HUB OF THE UNIVERSE

CHAPTER 11. THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE

CHAPTER 12. PLANETARY INFLUENCES

CHAPTER 13. SOPHISTICATED LADIES

CHAPTER 14. THE IRON CURTAIN: BEFORE AND AFTER

CHAPTER 15. PUTTING THE CENSUS TO BED

EPILOGUE

APPENDIX 1. FROM EQUANT TO EPICYCLET

APPENDIX 2. LOCATIONS OF DE REVOLUTIONIBUS

BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTES