Contents
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