Christoph Rothmann's Discourse on the Comet of 1585: An Edition and Translation with Accompanying Essays - Couverture rigide

Granada, Miguel A; Mosley, Adam; Jardine, Professor Of History And Philosophy Of The Sciences Nicholas

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 900426034X ISBN 13 : 9789004260344

Editeur : Brill, 2014

Synopsis

Christoph Rothmann wrote a treatise on the comet of 1585 shortly after it disappeared. Though it was not printed until 1619, Rothman sent a copy of his treatise in 1586 to Tycho Brahe, decisively influencing the latter's rejection of solid celestial spheres two years later. In his treatise, Rothmann joined the elimination of the solid celestial spheres to his concept of air as the substance filling the cosmos. He based his argument on the absence of refraction and the celestial location of the comet. The treatise also contained clear statements reflecting Rothmann's adoption of Copernicanism. This first critical edition of the treatise is accompanied by an English translation and a thorough commentary. Some appendices with archival documents illustrate the genesis of Rothmann's treatise.

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À propos de l?auteur

Miguel A. Granada, Ph.D. (1978), University of Barcelona, is Professor of History of Renaissance Philosophy at the same university. He has published many monographs, translations and articles on Giordano Bruno and the astronomical and cosmological revolution in the early modern period.

Adam Mosley, Ph.D. (2000), University of Cambridge, is an Associate Professor in History and Classics at Swansea University. His publications include Bearing the Heavens: Tycho Brahe and the Astronomical Community of the Late Sixteenth Century (Cambridge University Press, 2007).

Nicholas Jardine, is Emeritus Professor of History and Philosophy of the Sciences, University of Cambridge. He is author, with Alain Segonds, of La guerre des astronomes, 2 vols (Les Belles Lettres, Paris, 2008).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 900426034X
• ISBN 13: 9789004260344
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 396
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