Item Number: 126102 Title: Celestial Novelties on the Eve of the Scientific Revolution (1540-1630) Author: Tessicini, Dario ; Patrick J. Boner (eds) Price: Not Available ISBN: 9788822262547 Description: Firenze: Olschki, 2013. 24cm., pbk., 284pp. illus. Contents: Adam Mosley, Past portents predict: cometary historiae and catalogues in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ; Tayra M.C. Lanuza Navarro - Víctor Navarro Brotons, Prophecy and politics in Spain: celestial novelties and the science of the stars, 1572-1630 ; Dario Tessicini, The comet of 1577 in Italy: astrological prognostications and cometary theory at the end of the sixteenth century ; Isabelle Pantin, Francesco Giuntini et les nouveautés célestes ; Elide Casali, Astrologia 'cristiana' e nuova scienza. Pronostici astrologici sulle comete (1577-1618) ; John Henry, Jean Fernel on celestial influences and the reform of medical theory ; Nick Jardine, How to Present a Copernican Comet: The Form and Tactics of Christoph Rothmann's Dialexis on the Comet of 1585 ; Miguel Angel Granada, Tycho Brahe's anti-Copernican campaign: his criticism of Maestlin and Thomas Digges in the Astronomiae Instauratae Progymnasmata ; Francesco Barreca - Patrick J. Boner, A perfect similitude: science and politics in Kepler's dedicatory letters to De stella nova and the Astronomia nova ; Édouard Mehl, Comètes et taches solaires en Allemagne (1610-1630): l'aile hétérodoxe (Faulhaber, Mayr, Mögling) et le point de départ de la 'fable du monde' cartésienne ; Giorgio Strano, Galileo, reliable observer: astronomical accuracy and the optical limits of the telescope. (Biblioteca di Galilaeana, 3) We regret to inform you that this title is no longer available. P.O. Box 3904, Kingston, New York 12402 US Phone: 845-331-8519 Fax: 845-331-0852 Email: michael@artbooks.com |
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