Program Title:
History Of Astronomy : Isaac Newton
PRA Archive #:
BC1623.05
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History Of Astronomy : Isaac Newton / James S. Pickering. - SERIES: Copernicus pencentenary| no. 5 - Pickering, of the Hayden planetarium, speaks on the life and work of Isaac Newton. Newton described the properties of color and light, developed the reflecting telescope, and formulated the Universal Law of Gravitation. This law solidified Copernicus' and Kepler's work, and provided the starting point for Einstein theory of relativity. - BROADCAST: KPFA, 3 Nov. 1973.
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31:00
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