Christoph Rothmann's Discourse on the comet of 1585 : an edition and translation with accompanying essays /

Christoph Rothmann wrote a treatise on the comet of 1585 shortly after it disappeared. Though it was not printed until 1619, Rothman sent a copy of his treatise in 1586 to Tycho Brahe, decisively influencing the latter's rejection of solid celestial spheres two years later. In his treatise, Rot...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rothmann, Christoph, active 16th century (Autor)
Otros Autores: Granada, Miguel Angel, 1949-, Mosley, Adam, 1974- (Traductor), Jardine, Nicholas (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Latín
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]
Colección:History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern science ; v. 22.
Temas:
1585
Comets > 1585 > Early works to 1800.
Astronomy, Medieval > Early works to 1800.
Cosmology, Medieval > Early works to 1800.
Astronomie médiévale > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Cosmologie médiévale > Ouvrages avant 1800.
SCIENCE > Astronomy.
Astronomy, Medieval
Comets
Cosmology, Medieval
Early works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction / Miguel A. Granada
  • Dialexis Cometae qui Anno Christi M.D. LXXXV mensibus Octobri et Novembri apparuit
  • Appendices: Related Texts and Translations
  • How to Present a Copernican Comet: The Form and Tactics of Christoph Rothmann's Dialexis on the Comet of 1585 / Nicholas Jardine
  • The History and Historiography of Early Modern Comets / Adam Mosley
  • A Brief Note on Cometary Parallax / Adam Mosley
  • Bibliography
  • Indexes.

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