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Copernicus : Platonist astronomer-philosopher : cosmic order, the movement of the Earth, and the scientific revolution / Matjaž Vesel.
- Title
- Copernicus : Platonist astronomer-philosopher : cosmic order, the movement of the Earth, and the scientific revolution / Matjaž Vesel.
- Author
- Vesel, Matjaž, 1965-
- Publication
- Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang Edition, [2014]
- ©2014
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- Description
- 451 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Uniform Title
- Astronom, filozof. English
- Alternative Title
- Astronom, filozof.
- Platonist astronomer-philosopher
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-431) and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE THE MOTION OF THE EARTH: A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS OF ASTRONOMY -- ch. I Uniform Circular Motion of Celestial Bodies -- ch. II Celestial Spheres and the Problem of the Equant -- ch. III A Stationary Earth and the Forma Mundi Problem -- ch. IV The Consensus of Many Centuries: The Motion of the Earth is Inconceivable -- ch. V The Politics of Science: The Dedication to the Pope -- pt. TWO ARGUMENTATION IN FAVOR OF THE EARTH'S MOTION -- ch. VI The Earth is a Terraquea Sphaera -- ch. VII The Postulate of Uniform Circular Motion of Celestial Spheres and Celestial Phenomena -- ch. VIII The First Motion of the Earth and the "Optical Argument" -- ch. IX The Dialectics and Physics of the Earth's First Motion -- 1. Copernicus, Ptolemy and the Centrifugal Force Argument -- 2. Copernicus, Ptolemy and Falling Bodies (and Clouds)
- 3. Copernicus' Positive Arguments in Favor of the Earth's Rotation -- ch. X The Second Motion of the Earth and its Position in the "World Machine" -- pt. THREE COPERNICUS IN CONTEXT -- ch. XI Astronomy before Copernicus -- 1. Three Approaches to Studying the Heavens in the Middle Ages -- 2. Vienna School of Astronomy, Renewal and Criticism of Ptolemy's Almagest and Homocentric Astronomy -- ch. XII How did Copernicus Become a Copernican? -- 1. A General Outline of Copernicus' Education -- 2. Copernicus' Encounter with the Problems of Astronomy -- 3. Platonism as a Common Denominator -- 4. Copernicus' Platonism, the Problems of Existing Astronomy and his Solutions -- ch. XIII The Platonist Astronomer-Philosopher and the Scientific Revolution -- 1. Copernicus in Comparison with Averroists -- 2. Copernicus' Revolutionary Reformation of Ptolemaic Astronomy.
- ISBN
- 9783631642429
- 3631642423
- 9783653037937 (ebk.) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- ^^2013049788
- OCLC
- 874834281
- SCSB-12257449
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library