Nicole Oresme's De visione stellarum (On seeing the stars) : a critical edition of Oresme's treatise on optics and atmospheric refraction /

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A translation of "On Seeing the Stars", Nicole Oresme's 14th-century treatise on atmospheric refraction, in which Oresme uses optics and infinitesimals to help solve the problem of astronomy, while proposing that light travels along a curve through the atmosphere.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Oresme, Nicole, approximately 1320-1382
Autres auteurs: Burton, Dan
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Latín
Publié: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Collection:History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern science ; v. 7.
Sujets:
Medeltiden
Optics > Early works to 1800.
Refraction, Astronomical > Early works to 1800.
Science, Medieval > Early works to 1800.
Optique > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Réfraction astronomique > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Sciences médiévales > Ouvrages avant 1800.
SCIENCE > Physics > Optics & Light.
Optics.
Refraction, Astronomical.
Science, Medieval.
Optica.
Astronomi.
Optik.
Vetenskap.
Refraktion.
Computer network resources.
Early works.
Vertalingen (vorm)
Commentaren (vorm)
Didactisch proza (teksten)
Analys och tolkning.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Description
Résumé:A translation of "On Seeing the Stars", Nicole Oresme's 14th-century treatise on atmospheric refraction, in which Oresme uses optics and infinitesimals to help solve the problem of astronomy, while proposing that light travels along a curve through the atmosphere.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xii, 319 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-282) and indexes.
ISBN:9789047410898
9047410890
1281400513
9781281400512
9786611400514
6611400516

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