Measuring Shadows : Kepler's Optics of Invisibility /

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"Focusing on the astronomer Johannes Kepler's 1604 treatise on optics, explores Kepler's radical break from scientific and epistemological traditions and shows how he posited new ways to view scientific truth and knowledge in the early modern period"--Provided by publisher

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chen-Morris, Raz (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Kepler, Johannes, > 1571-1630. > Ad Vitellionem paralipomena quibus astronomiae pars optica traditur.
Science, Renaissance.
Science > Philosophy.
Geometrical optics.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
SCIENCE > Physics > Optics & Light.
Sciences de la Renaissance.
Optique geometrique > Histoire.
Science > Philosophy > History > 17th century.
Geometrical optics > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:"Focusing on the astronomer Johannes Kepler's 1604 treatise on optics, explores Kepler's radical break from scientific and epistemological traditions and shows how he posited new ways to view scientific truth and knowledge in the early modern period"--Provided by publisher
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780271077338

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