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Kepler's new star (1604) : context and controversy /
"The supernova of 1604 marks a major turning point in the cosmological crisis of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Capturing the eyes and imagination of Europe, it ignited an explosion of ideas that forever changed the face of science. Variously interpreted as a comet or star, the new lu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2021]
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| Colección: | History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern philosophy and science ;
v. 31. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Figures
- List of Abbreviations
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Straight Paths and Evanescent Bodies: The Physics and Dynamics of Celestial Novelties in Kepler's De stella nova
- Dario Tessicini
- 2 Of Mites and Men (and Stars): Kepler on the Question of Star Sizes in De Stella Nova
- Christopher M. Graney
- 3 The Measure of the Universe in De stella nova
- Javier Luna
- 4 Celestial Novelty and the Science of the Stars: Kepler vs. Krabbe on Accuracy and Authority in Early Modern Germany
- Patrick J. Boner
- 5 Stars, Crystals and Courts: Johannes Kepler and Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt
- Jonathan Regier
- 6 Kepler's Astrological Play
- Aviva Rothman
- 7 The Nova of 1600 in Cygnus and the Christianization of the Constellations
- Miguel Á. Granada
- 8 Epicurean Astronomy? Atomistic and Corpuscular Stars in Kepler's Century
- Pietro Daniel Omodeo
- 9 The Correspondence of Clavius, Dal Monte, Magini and Other Italian Astronomers on The Nova of 1604
- Matteo Cosci
- 10 The Scientific Legacy of Kepler's 'Stella Nova'
- William P. Blair
- Bibliography
- Index.