Lambert, Ladina Bezzola (Author)
Rodopi
Physical Details: ix + 182 pp., illus., bibl.
Language: English
Description “Focuses on descriptions of the moon and treatises written in support of the theory of the plurality of worlds to show how early modern astronomers questioned the role of the imagination and how they sought to overcome the limitations of the imagination with a sophisticated rhetoric and techniques more commonly associated with poetic writing.” (from publisher's web page)
Review Gross, Alan (2002) Review of "Imagining the Unimaginable: The Poetics of Early Modern Astronomy". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 695).
Review Applebaum, Wilbur (2005) Review of "Imagining the Unimaginable: The Poetics of Early Modern Astronomy". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 105).
Review Swinford, Dean (2005) Review of "Imagining the Unimaginable: The Poetics of Early Modern Astronomy". Revue d'Histoire des Sciences (p. 513).
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