The Copernican question : prognostication, skepticism, and celestial order /

In 1543, Copernicus defended his hypothesis that the Earth is a planet and the sun a body resting near the centre of a finite universe. This volume reframes this pivotal moment in the history of science, centring the story on a conflict over the credibility of astrology that erupted in Italy just as...

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Glavni avtor: Westman, Robert S. (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Jezik:angleščina
Izdano: Berkeley : University of California Press ©2011.
Serija:Fletcher Jones Foundation humanities imprint.
Online dostop:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pn8ng