Book ID: CBB000741993

Ordering the Heavens: Roman Astronomy and Cosmology in the Carolingian Renaissance (2007)

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Eastwood, Bruce Stansfield (Author)


Brill


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: xxiv + 456 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description On “the study and teaching of four Roman texts on astronomy and cosmology in the Carolingian world and the diagrams connected to those texts.” (from the publisher)


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Review Contreni, John J. (2010) Review of "Ordering the Heavens: Roman Astronomy and Cosmology in the Carolingian Renaissance". The Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures (p. 117). unapi

Review Dekker, Elly (2008) Review of "Ordering the Heavens: Roman Astronomy and Cosmology in the Carolingian Renaissance". Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period (p. 514). unapi

Review Caudano, Anne-Laurence (2008) Review of "Ordering the Heavens: Roman Astronomy and Cosmology in the Carolingian Renaissance". Journal for the History of Astronomy (p. 275). unapi

Review Zuccato, Marco (2008) Review of "Ordering the Heavens: Roman Astronomy and Cosmology in the Carolingian Renaissance". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 823). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Jones, Alexander
Sidoli, Nathan Camillo
Dolan, Marion
Americo, Maria
Warntjes, Immo
Volk, Katharina
Journals
Sciamvs: Sources and Commentaries in Exact Sciences
Suhayl: Journal for the History of the Exact and Natural Sciences in Islamic Civilisation
Sudhoffs Archiv: Zeitschrift fuer Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Archive for History of Exact Sciences
Publishers
Oxford University Press
New York University
Hempen Verlag
Springer International
Springer
MIT Press
Concepts
Astronomy
Cosmology
Transmission of texts
Astrology
Arabic language
Manuscripts
People
Ptolemy
Manilius, Marcus
al-Kindī, Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqub ibn Isḥāq
Theon of Alexandria
ibn Qurra, Thabit
Isidore of Seville
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
Early modern
2nd century
8th century
Modern
Places
Rome (Italy)
Greece
Carolingian Empire
Middle and Near East
Assyria
Europe
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