| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 681 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
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The Fletcher Jones Foundation humanities imprint |
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Fletcher Jones Foundation humanities imprint
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Copernicus's Space of Possibilities; II: Confessional and Interconfessional Spaces of Prophecy and Prognostication; III: Accommodating Unanticipated, Singular Novelties; IV: Securing the Divine Plan; V: Conflicted Modernizers at the Turn of the Century; VI: The Modernizers, Recurrent Novelties, and Celestial Order; Conclusion: The Great Controversy; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In 1543, Copernicus defended his hypothesis that the Earth is a planet and the sun a body resting near the centre of a finite universe. This volume reframes this pivotal moment in the history of science, centring the story on a conflict over the credibility of astrology that erupted in Italy just as Copernicus arrived in 1496 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 605-647) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543.
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Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
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Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630.
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| SUBJECT |
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543 fast |
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Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 fast |
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Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630 fast |
| Subject |
Astronomy, Renaissance -- Europe -- History -- 16th century
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Science -- Europe -- Philosophy -- History -- 16th century
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Science -- Philosophy -- History -- 16th century
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Astronomy, Renaissance -- History -- 16th century
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SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
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HISTORY -- World.
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Astronomy, Renaissance
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Science -- Philosophy
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Receptie.
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Europe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520948167 |
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0520948165 |
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128327745X |
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9781283277457 |
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