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THE PLANETS TODAY

A SYMPOSIUM ON PLANETARY SCIENCE

IN CELEBRATION OF THE QUINCENTENARY OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS 1473-1543

(Symposium held 25 January 1973- MSS received 20 July 1973)

CONTENTS PAGE

PREFACE Sir Harrie Massey, Sec. R.S. and W. H. McCrea, F.R.S. 3

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS (1473-1543) J. R. Ravetz 5

SOME ASPECTS OF THE PHYSICS OF THE MOON S. K. Runcorn, F.R.S. 11

MARS AND VENUS R. M. Goody 35

JUPITER AND SATURN R. Hide, F.R.S. 63

THE DYNAMICS OF THE PLANETS AND THEIR SATELLITES G. A. Wilkins and A. T. Sinclair 85

THE WORK OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS Sir Fred Hoyle, F.R.S, 105

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NOTES AND RECORDS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

This publication is devoted to the history of science, particularly in relation to the lives and achievements of past Fellows of the Society. Earlier issues have featured Benjamin Franklin, Edmond Halley, Newton, Galileo, Captain James Cook, Robert Boyle, Watt, Arkwright and Rutherford. One volume, in two parts, is published each year.

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VOL. 28, No. 2 (14 plates) FEBRUARY I974

CONTENTS Conversaziones, 1973

The books presented to the Royal Society by John Aubrey, F.R.S. By J. BucHANAN-BROWN

Edmond Halley and the Clubs of the Royal Society By T. E. ALLIBONE, F.R.S.

Franklin's pointed lightning conductor By PAUL A. TUNBRIDGE

Joseph Banks at Skara Brae and Stennis, Orkney, I772 By AVERIL M. LYSAGHT

Edward Jenner, F.R.S. and the cuckoo By E. L. ScoTT

Robert Angus Smith, F.R.S. and 'Sanitary Science' By A. GIBSON and W. V. FARRAR

An index to proper names in Thomas Birch, The History of the Royal Society (London, 1756-1757)

By GAIL EWALD SCALA

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The Society's Notes

Bibliography of recent books and articles dealing with the history of the Royal Society

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