Kepler's new star (1604) : context and controversy
Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Straight Paths and Evanescent Bodies: The Physics and Dynamics of Celestial Novelties in Kepler's De stella nova -- Chapter 2 Of Mites and Men (and Stars): Kepler on the Question of Star Sizes in De stella nova -- Chapte...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Boston : BRILL,
2020
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy and Science
31 Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy and Science Ser. |
| Schlagworte: | Supernovae Astronomy Kepler, Johannes,-1571-1630.-De stella nova Electronic books |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (309 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Straight Paths and Evanescent Bodies: The Physics and Dynamics of Celestial Novelties in Kepler's De stella nova -- Chapter 2 Of Mites and Men (and Stars): Kepler on the Question of Star Sizes in De stella nova -- Chapter 3 The Measure of the Universe in De stella nova -- Chapter 4 Celestial Novelty and the Science of the Stars: Kepler vs. Krabbe on Accuracy and Authority in Early Modern Germany -- Chapter 5 Stars, Crystals and Courts: Johannes Kepler and Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt -- Chapter 6 Kepler's Astrological Play -- Chapter 7 The Nova of 1600 in Cygnus and the Christianization of the Constellations -- Chapter 8 Epicurean Astronomy? Atomistic and Corpuscular Stars in Kepler's Century -- Chapter 9 The Correspondence of Clavius, Dal Monte, Magini and Other Italian Astronomers on the Nova of 1604 -- Chapter 10 The Scientific Legacy of Kepler's 'Stella Nova' -- Bibliography -- Index of Persons -- Index of Places. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (309 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789004437272 9004437274 9789004431638 9004431632 |