05349nam 2201081 a 450 991078148830332120230124183553.01-283-27745-X97866132774590-520-94816-510.1525/9780520948167(CKB)2550000000040320(EBL)730026(OCoLC)739051461(SSID)ssj0000535435(PQKBManifestationID)11346950(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535435(PQKBWorkID)10522235(PQKB)11431456(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056099(MdBmJHUP)muse30947(DE-B1597)520325(OCoLC)747411317(DE-B1597)9780520948167(Au-PeEL)EBL730026(CaPaEBR)ebr10482141(CaONFJC)MIL327745(MiAaPQ)EBC730026(dli)HEB33895(MiU) MIU01100000000000000001105(EXLCZ)99255000000004032020091005d2011 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrThe Copernican question[electronic resource] prognostication, skepticism, and celestial order /Robert S. WestmanBerkeley University of California Pressc20111 online resource (702 p.)The Fletcher Jones Foundation humanities imprintDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-25481-3 9780520254817 9780520355699 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Preface and Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. The Literature of the Heavens and the Science of the Stars --2. Constructing the Future --3. Copernicus and the Crisis of the Bologna Prognosticators, 1496-1500 --4. Between Wittenberg and Rome: The New System, Astrology, and the End of the World --5. The Wittenberg Interpretation of Copernicus's Theory --6. Varieties of Astrological Credibility --7. Foreknowledge, Skepticism, and Celestial Order in Rome --8. Planetary Order, Astronomical Reform, and the Extraordinary Course of Nature --9. The Second-Generation Copernicans: Maestlin and Digges --10. A Proliferation of Readings --11. The Emergence of Kepler's Copernican Representation --12. Kepler's Early Audiences, 1596-1600 --13. The Third-Generation Copernicans: Galileo and Kepler --14. The Naturalist Turn and Celestial Order: Constructing the Nova of 1604 --15. How Kepler's New Star Traveled to England --16. The Struggle for Order --17. Modernizing Theoretical Knowledge: Patronage, Reputation, Learned Sociability, Gentlemanly Veracity --18. How Galileo's Recurrent Novelties Traveled --Conclusion. The Great Controversy --Notes --Bibliography --IndexIn 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus publicly defended his hypothesis that the earth is a planet and the sun a body resting near the center of a finite universe. But why did Copernicus make this bold proposal? And why did it matter? The Copernican Question reframes this pivotal moment in the history of science, centering the story on a conflict over the credibility of astrology that erupted in Italy just as Copernicus arrived in 1496. Copernicus engendered enormous resistance when he sought to protect astrology by reconstituting its astronomical foundations. Robert S. Westman shows that efforts to answer the astrological skeptics became a crucial unifying theme of the early modern scientific movement. His interpretation of this "long sixteenth century," from the 1490's to the 1610's, offers a new framework for understanding the great transformations in natural philosophy in the century that followed.ACLS Fellows' Publications.Prognostication, skepticism, and celestial orderAstronomy, RenaissanceEuropeHistory16th centurySciencePhilosophyEuropeHistory16th century16th century.astrology.astronomy.christianity.copernican question.copernicus.cosmology.divination.europe.finite universe.history of science.italy.long 16th century.medieval studies.modern cosmology.modern science.natural history.natural philosophy.nonfiction.orbits.outer space.planets.religion.renaissance reformation.renaissance.science and religion.science.scientific movement.scientists.universe.Astronomy, RenaissanceHistorySciencePhilosophyHistory520.94/09031Westman Robert S51239MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781488303321The Copernican question3868256UNINA