Book ID: CBB001200998

Celestial Novelties on the Eve of the Scientific Revolution, 1540--1630 (2013)

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Boner, Patrick J. (Editor)
Tessicini, Dario (Editor)


Olschki


Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: xvi + 284 pp.; ill.
Language: English

Publication of the two day international conference of the same name nosted by the Museo Galileo: Comets, 'new stars' and other unexpected celestial phenomena up to Galileo's telescopic discoveries have attracted the interest of historians of science, intellectual and cultural historians. These early modern celestial novelties' constitute the main subject of this volume, whose aim is to shed light on their reception and interpretation in science, natural philosophy, medicine, and their wider impact on European society.

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Reviewed By

Review Vermij, Rienk H. (2015) Review of "Celestial Novelties on the Eve of the Scientific Revolution, 1540--1630". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 441-442). unapi

Review Oosterhoff, Richard J. (2015) Review of "Celestial Novelties on the Eve of the Scientific Revolution, 1540--1630". Journal for the History of Astronomy (pp. 245-247). unapi

Review Tarrant, Neil (2015) Review of "Celestial Novelties on the Eve of the Scientific Revolution, 1540--1630". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 690). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Mosley, Adam (2013) Past Portents Predict: Cometary Historiae and Catalogues in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. In: Celestial Novelties on the Eve of the Scientific Revolution, 1540--1630 (p. 1). unapi

Chapter Navarro, Tayra M. C. Lanuza; Brotons, Víctor Navarro (2013) Prophecy and Politics in Spain: Celestial Novelties and the Science of the Stars, 1572--1630. In: Celestial Novelties on the Eve of the Scientific Revolution, 1540--1630 (p. 33). unapi

Chapter Pantin, Isabelle (2013) Francesco Giuntini et les nouveautés célestes. In: Celestial Novelties on the Eve of the Scientific Revolution, 1540--1630 (p. 85). unapi

Chapter Henry, John (2013) Jean Fernel on Celestial Influences and the Reform of Medical Theory. In: Celestial Novelties on the Eve of the Scientific Revolution, 1540--1630 (p. 133). unapi

Chapter Jardine, Nick (2013) How to Present a Copernican Comet: The Form and Tactics of Christoph Rothmann's Dialexis on the Comet of 1585. In: Celestial Novelties on the Eve of the Scientific Revolution, 1540--1630 (p. 159). unapi

Chapter Barreca, Francesco; Boner, Patrick J. (2013) A Perfect Similitude: Science and Politics in Kepler's Dedicatory Letter to De stella nova and the Astronomia nova. In: Celestial Novelties on the Eve of the Scientific Revolution, 1540--1630 (p. 209). unapi

Chapter Strano, Giorgio (2013) Galileo, Reliable Observer: Astronomical Accuracy and the Optical Limits of the Telescope. In: Celestial Novelties on the Eve of the Scientific Revolution, 1540--1630 (p. 257). unapi

Chapter Boner, Patrick; Tessicini, Dario (2013) Introduction. In: Celestial Novelties on the Eve of the Scientific Revolution, 1540--1630. unapi

Chapter Tessicini, Dario (2013) The Comet of 1577 in Italy: Astrological Prognostications and Cometary Theory at the End of the Sixteenth Century. In: Celestial Novelties on the Eve of the Scientific Revolution, 1540--1630 (p. 57). unapi

Chapter Casali, Elide (2013) Astrologia “cristiana” e nuova scienza. Pronostici astrologici sulle comete (1577--1618). In: Celestial Novelties on the Eve of the Scientific Revolution, 1540--1630 (p. 105). unapi

Chapter Granada, Miguel Angel (2013) Tycho Brahe's anti-Copernican Campaign: His Criticism of Maestlin and Thomas Digges in the Astronomiae Instauratae Progymnasmata. In: Celestial Novelties on the Eve of the Scientific Revolution, 1540--1630 (p. 185). unapi

Chapter Mehl, Édouard (2013) 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. In: Celestial Novelties on the Eve of the Scientific Revolution, 1540--1630 (p. 231). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Boner, Patrick J.
Thierry Belleguic
Bolton, Catherine
Lupieri, Edmondo
Gangopadhyaya, Asim
Zampieri, Luca
Concepts
Astronomy
Cosmology
Telescopes
Stars; stellar astronomy
Science and religion
Comets; meteors; meteorites
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
Renaissance
18th century
19th century
Early modern
Places
Europe
Italy
Germany
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