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The Making of Copernicus: Early Modern Transformations of the Scientist and His Science (2015)

Neuber, Wolfgang (Author)
Rahn, Thomas (Author)
Zittel, Claus (Author)

Brill

ISBN: 9789004281103

Publication Date: 2015
Physical Details: xv + 331 pp.
Language: English

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The contributors to Making of Copernicus examine by the study of particular examples how some of the myths surrounding Copernicus came about and whether they have held their validity or have vanished altogether. Are there links between a real or postulated transformation of images of the world and the application of metaphors in science, especially the metaphor of scientific revolution? What were the interactions and conflations in science and literature that led to Copernicus being set on a pedestal or being cast down from it, and how did they come about? Is there on the other hand any fallout from reconstructions and hagiographies in the history of science on the literary image of Copernicus presented by novelists down into the 20th century? Papers deal with the history of the reception of Copernicus not by affirming or rejecting him and his teachings, but as rather as a process of transformation. They thus examine transformations of his doctrine: methodological, institutional, textual and visual - and transformations of the historical personage of Copernicus: topical, rhetorical, and literary. Contributors are: Lucía Ayala, Tamás Demeter, Dana Jalobeanu, Jörg Jungmayr, Stefan Kirschner, Sergius Kodera, Andreas Kühne, Wolfgang Neuber, Thomas Rahn, Steffen Schneider, Jonathan Schüz, Gereon Wolters, and Claus Zittel.

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Review Robert S. Westman (2018) Review of "The Making of Copernicus: Early Modern Transformations of the Scientist and His Science". Journal for the History of Astronomy (pp. 120-123). unapi

Review Dario Tessicini (2016) Review of "The Making of Copernicus: Early Modern Transformations of the Scientist and His Science". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 185-186). unapi

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