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Copernicus and the Aristotelian tradition : education, reading, and philosophy in Copernicus's path to heliocentrism /
Taking into account the most important results of the scholarly literature since 1973 and the best Polish scholarship of the past century, this is the first comprehensive study of Copernicus's achievement in English that examines Copernicus's path to heliocentrism from the perspective of l...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Leiden [The Netherlands] ; Boston :
Brill,
2010.
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| Colección: | History of science and medicine library ;
v. 15. History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern science ; v. 12. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Taking into account the most important results of the scholarly literature since 1973 and the best Polish scholarship of the past century, this is the first comprehensive study of Copernicus's achievement in English that examines Copernicus's path to heliocentrism from the perspective of late medieval philosophy, the Renaissance recovery of ancient literature and science, and early-modern editions of books that Copernicus used. The principal goals are to explain his commitment to the existence of celestial spheres, and the logical foundations for his views about hypotheses. In doing so, the wo. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 545 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-524) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789004183629 9004183620 1282952161 9781282952164 9786612952166 6612952164 |
| ISSN: | 1872-0684 ; |