Originally published in English in 1973. This volume traces the development of the revolution which so drastically altered man’s view of the universe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The "astronomical revolution" was accomplished in three stages, each linked with the work of one man. With Copernicus, the sun became the centre of the universe. With Kepler, celestial dynamics replaced the kinematics of circles and spheres used by Copernicus. With Borelli the unification of celestial and terrestrial physics was completed by abandonment of the circle in favour the straight line to infinity.
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. The item may have been opened and read, but it has no defects. In his prominent work The Astronomical Revolution, Alexandre Koyré traces the conceptual evolution that altered humanity's view of the cosmos during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries through three distinct stages of thought. He first examines how Nicolaus Copernicus structurally shifted the universe by placing the Sun, rather than the Earth, at the geometric centre. Next, Koyré focuses on Johannes Kepler, who advanced astronomy by replacing traditional perfect circles with dynamic, elliptical planetary orbits. The final stage highlights Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, who helped bridge celestial mechanics and terrestrial physics by introducing forces operating along straight lines toward infinity. Rejecting social or technological explanations, Koyré explicitly tracks this revolution as an internal, mathematical evolution of pure intellectual frameworks. Ultimately, the book demonstrates that correcting historical mistakes was just as vital to reaching scientific truth as making correct discoveries. *** Copyright © Methuen. N° de réf. du vendeur 482000
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