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Sliva [168]
3 years ago
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In the introduction to his book Great Astronomers, Robert Stawell Ball states, “The history of astronomy thus becomes inseparabl

e from the history of the great men to whose labours its development is due.” Based on what you read in the Ptolemy section, how does Ball develop and refine this central idea in his book?
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Korolek [52]3 years ago
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In the introduction to his book great astronomers, Robert stawell all develop and refine the central idea in his book by providing biographical information by specific astronomers and their discoveries. With it, he also connect it to their contributions to the history of great men

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