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Divination 占卜

Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/2589-7993_eeco_sim_036371

P. Curry

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Monsters and the Messiah 怪物和弥赛亚

Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv1ddd052.7

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The Decline of Cometary Divination 彗星占卜的衰落

Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv1ddd052.11

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Revolution and Evolution within the Heavens 天上的革命和进化

Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv1ddd052.15

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Comets, Transmutations, and World Reform in Newton’s Thought 牛顿思想中的彗星、嬗变和世界变革

Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv1ddd052.12

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Ancient Signs 古老的迹象

Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv1ddd052.6

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From Natural Signs to Proximate Causes 从自然迹象到近因

Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv1ddd052.10

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Refueling the Sun and Planets 给太阳和行星加油

Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv1ddd052.14

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INDEX 指数

Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv1ddd052.20

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 致谢

Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv1ddd052.4

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