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physics.hist-ph2012
Raffaello Caverni (1837 - 1900) and the Society for the progress of the sciences: an independent priest criticized by the lay scientists
Dino Boccaletti
Raffaello Caverni, a Catholic priest, was a truly lay and anti-establishment intellectual in his opinions both on Darwin and on Galileo. He opposed the mythicization of Galileo, as…
physics.hist-ph2001★ 5 cited
From the epicycles of the Greeks to Kepler's ellipse - The breakdown of the circle paradigm
Dino Boccaletti
The principle that celestial bodies must move on circular orbits or on paths resulting from the composition of circular orbits has been assumed as a constant guide in the astronomi…