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

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Chen-Morris, Raz (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The new optical narrative : light, camera obscura, and the astronomer's wings
  • "Seeing with my own eyes" : introducing the new foundations of scientific knowledge
  • The content of Kepler's visual language : abstraction, representation, and recognition
  • "Non tanquam pictor, sed tanquam mathematicus" : Kepler's pictures and the art of painting
  • Reading the book of nature : allegories, emblems, and geometrical diagrams
  • Nothing and the ends of Renaissance science.

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