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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454934103321

Autore

Chabás José <1948->

Titolo

The astronomical tables of Giovanni Bianchini [[electronic resource] /] / by José Chabás and Bernard R. Goldstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009

ISBN

1-282-40138-6

9786612401381

90-474-2959-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Collana

History of science and medicine library, , 1872-0684 ; ; v. 12

Medieval and early modern science ; ; v. 10

Altri autori (Persone)

GoldsteinBernard R

Disciplina

528

Soggetti

Ephemerides - Europe - History - 15th century

Astronomy, Medieval

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-137) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / J. Chabás and B.R. Goldstein -- Introduction / J. Chabás and B.R. Goldstein -- Chapter One. Giovanni Bianchini: Life And Work / J. Chabás and B.R. Goldstein -- Chapter Two. Analysis Of The Tables / J. Chabás and B.R. Goldstein -- Notation / J. Chabás and B.R. Goldstein -- References / J. Chabás and B.R. Goldstein -- Index / J. Chabás and B.R. Goldstein.

Sommario/riassunto

The Alfonsine Tables became the main computing tool for astronomers for about 250 years, from their compilation in Toledo circa 1272 to the edition in 1551 of new tables based on Copernicus’s astronomical models. It consisted of a set of astronomical tables which, over time, was presented in many different formats. Giovanni Bianchini (d. after 1469), an astronomer active in Ferrara, Italy, was among the few scholars of that extended period to compile a coherent and insightful set based on the Alfonsine Tables. His tables, described and analyzed here for the first time, played a remarkable role in the transmission of the Alfonsine Tables and in their transition from manuscript to printing Medieval and Early Modern Science , 10