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Unifying Heaven and Earth. Essays in the History of Early Modern Cosmology

By: Miguel Á. Granada,Patrick J. Boner & Dario Tessicini

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Unifying Heaven and Earth. Essays in the History of Early Modern Cosmology

By: Miguel Á. Granada,Patrick J. Boner & Dario Tessicini

One of the most significant events in the history of Western civilization was the cosmological revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries. Among the most salient factors in this change, described by Alexandre Koyré as the ‘destruction of the cosmos’ inherited from ancient Greece, were Copernican heliocentrism and the substitution of a homogeneous universe for the hierarchical cosmos of the Platonic and Aristotelian tradition. Starting with a new approach to the issue of the presence of Islamic astronomical devices in Copernicus’ work and a thorough reappraisal of the cosmological views of Paracelsus, the book deals mainly with the abolition of cosmological dualism and the ways in which it affected the decline of astrology over the 17th century. Other related topics include planetary order and theories of world harmony, the cause of planetary motion in the Tychonic world system or the discussion on comets in Germany through the first presentation of a manuscript treatise by Michael Maestlin on the great comet of 1618.

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Edicions Universitat Barcelona

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8447539601

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Michael Maestlin’s Manuscript Treatise on the Comet of 1618

An Edition and Translation of Manuscript WLB Stuttgart, Cod. Math. 4o 15b, Nr. 8

By: Miguel A. Granada,Patrick J. Boner

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Michael Maestlin’s Manuscript Treatise on the Comet of 1618

An Edition and Translation of Manuscript WLB Stuttgart, Cod. Math. 4o 15b, Nr. 8

By: Miguel A. Granada,Patrick J. Boner

Michael Maestlin was a main protagonist of the astronomical and cosmological revolution between Copernicus and Galileo. This book presents the first-ever edition of his German manuscript treatise on the Great Comet of 1618, accompanied by an English translation with a full introduction and commentary.

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230

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BRILL

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9004512640

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9789004512641

Kepler's Cosmological Synthesis

Astrology, Mechanism and the Soul

By: Patrick J. Boner

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Kepler's Cosmological Synthesis

Astrology, Mechanism and the Soul

By: Patrick J. Boner

The cosmology of Johannes Kepler remains a mystery. On the one hand, Kepler’s speculations on spiritual faculties are seen as the remnants of Renaissance philosophy. On the other, his comparison of the cosmos to a clock summons the mechanical metaphor that shaped modern science. This book explores the inseparable connections between Kepler’s vitalistic views and his more enduring accomplishments in astronomy. The key argument is that Kepler’s ‘celestial biology’ served as a bridge between his revolutionary astronomy and other ‘less scientific’ interests, particularly astrology. Kepler's Cosmological Synthesis sheds new light on one of the foundational figures of the Scientific Revolution. By uncovering a new form of coherence in Kepler’s world picture, it traces the unlikely intersections of mechanism and vitalism that transformed the fabric of the heavens.

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9004246096

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Unifying Heaven and Earth. Essays in the History of Early Modern Cosmology

Unifying Heaven and Earth. Essays in the History of Early Modern Cosmology

Michael Maestlin’s Manuscript Treatise on the Comet of 1618

Michael Maestlin’s Manuscript Treatise on the Comet of 1618

Kepler's Cosmological Synthesis

Kepler's Cosmological Synthesis

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