The Comet of 1577
Author | : C.D. Hellman |
Publisher | : Рипол Классик |
Total Pages | : 503 |
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Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 588224384X |
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Author | : C.D. Hellman |
Publisher | : Рипол Классик |
Total Pages | : 503 |
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Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 588224384X |
Author | : Clarisse Doris Hellman |
Publisher | : New York : Columbia University Press ; London : P.S. King & Staples, Limited |
Total Pages | : 516 |
Release | : 1944 |
Genre | : Science |
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Illustrates the effect of the comet of 1577 on astronomical thought to show that the observations of the comet brought about a change in the opinions regarding comets and marked an increased interest in and a greater number of observations of comets.
Author | : Victor E. Thoren |
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Author | : Clarisse Doris Hellman |
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Author | : Owen Gingerich |
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Release | : 1977 |
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Author | : John C. Brandt |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 478 |
Release | : 2004-03-11 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521004664 |
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Author | : John Louis Emil Dreyer |
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Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 1890 |
Genre | : Astronomers |
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Author | : John Robert Christianson |
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Total Pages | : 31 |
Release | : 1979 |
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Author | : Sara Schechner |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 381 |
Release | : 2021-03-09 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0691227675 |
In a lively investigation into the boundaries between popular culture and early-modern science, Sara Schechner presents a case study that challenges the view that rationalism was at odds with popular belief in the development of scientific theories. Schechner Genuth delineates the evolution of people's understanding of comets, showing that until the seventeenth century, all members of society dreaded comets as heaven-sent portents of plague, flood, civil disorder, and other calamities. Although these beliefs became spurned as "vulgar superstitions" by the elite before the end of the century, she shows that they were nonetheless absorbed into the science of Newton and Halley, contributing to their theories in subtle yet profound ways. Schechner weaves together many strands of thought: views of comets as signs and causes of social and physical changes; vigilance toward monsters and prodigies as indicators of God's will; Christian eschatology; scientific interpretations of Scripture; astrological prognostication and political propaganda; and celestial mechanics and astrophysics. This exploration of the interplay between high and low beliefs about nature leads to the conclusion that popular and long-held views of comets as divine signs were not overturned by astronomical discoveries. Indeed, they became part of the foundation on which modern cosmology was built.
Author | : Ulinka Rublack |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0198736770 |
In The Astronomer and the Witch, Ulinka Rublack pieces together the tale of this extraordinary episode in Kepler's life, one that takes us to the heart of his changing world.