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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: William P. Blair , Matteo Cosci , Miguel Á. Granada Martinez , Christopher M. GraneyPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 31 Weight: 0.643kg ISBN: 9789004431638ISBN 10: 9004431632 Pages: 300 Publication Date: 10 December 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction 1 Straight Paths and Evanescent Bodies: The Physics and Dynamics of Celestial Novelties in Kepler’s De stella nova Dario Tessicini 2 Of Mites and Men (and Stars): Kepler on the Question of Star Sizes in De Stella Nova Christopher M. Graney 3 The Measure of the Universe in De stella nova Javier Luna 4 Celestial Novelty and the Science of the Stars: Kepler vs. Krabbe on Accuracy and Authority in Early Modern Germany Patrick J. Boner 5 Stars, Crystals and Courts: Johannes Kepler and Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt Jonathan Regier 6 Kepler’s Astrological Play Aviva Rothman 7 The Nova of 1600 in Cygnus and the Christianization of the Constellations Miguel Á. Granada 8 Epicurean Astronomy? Atomistic and Corpuscular Stars in Kepler’s Century Pietro Daniel Omodeo 9 The Correspondence of Clavius, Dal Monte, Magini and Other Italian Astronomers on The Nova of 1604 Matteo Cosci 10 The Scientific Legacy of Kepler’s ‘Stella Nova’ William P. Blair Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationPatrick J. Boner, Ph.D. in History and Philosophy of Science (2007), is a Visiting Scholar at the Catholic University of America. He is the author of several studies, including Kepler’s Cosmological Synthesis: Astrology, Mechanism and the Soul (Brill, 2013). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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