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The unmaking of the medieval Christian cosmos, 1500-1760 : from solid heavens to boundless æther
- Title
- The unmaking of the medieval Christian cosmos, 1500-1760 : from solid heavens to boundless æther / W.G.L. Randles.
- Author
- Randles, W. G. L.
- Publication
- Aldershot, Hants, U.K. ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Ashgate, c1999.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 00-2072 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xv, 274 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-261) and index.
- Contents
- The medieval foundations of the Christian cosmos -- Renaissance and reformation challenges to the medieval cosmos and the response of the Counter-Reformation -- The challenge of applied optics -- The reception of new astronomical evidence -- The challenge of infinity -- The Empyrean in the late Renaissance and the Baroque age -- The cosmos in university textbooks -- The impact of Cartesianism and Copernicanism and the end of the medieval cosmos.
- Call Number
- JFE 00-2072
- ISBN
- 1840146249 (hb : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 98039359
- OCLC
- 39727626
- Author
- Randles, W. G. L.
- Title
- The unmaking of the medieval Christian cosmos, 1500-1760 : from solid heavens to boundless æther / W.G.L. Randles.
- Imprint
- Aldershot, Hants, U.K. ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Ashgate, c1999.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-261) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 00-2072