UNIFYING HEAVEN AND EARTH
ESSAYS IN THE HISTORY OF EARLY MODERN COSMOLOGY
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One of the most significant events in the history of Western civilization was the cosmological revolution of the 16th and 17th centu ries. 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 Plat onic and Aristotelian tradition. Starting with a new approach to the issue of the presence of Islamic astronomical devices in Copern icus' wor...Status: Available for online purchase in 4-5 days
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DetailsPUBLICACIONS I EDICIONS UB
2016
356 Pages
Format: Bolsillo
ISBN: 9788447539604
Language: CATALÁNCategory: Cosmology