Statement of function in the statement of responsibility from dust jacket.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-253).
Contents
On the revolution of heavenly spheres [excerpt] / Nicolaus Copernicus -- Dialogues concerning two new sciences [excerpt] / Galileo Galilei -- Harmonies of the world. Book five [excerpt] / Johannes Kepler -- Principia [excerpt] / Isaac Newton -- Selections from The principle of relativity / Albert Einstein.