LEADER 03797nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910458635703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-40051-3 010 $a9786611400514 010 $a90-474-1089-0 024 7 $a10.1163/ej.9789004153707.i-321 035 $a(CKB)1000000000402017 035 $a(EBL)467973 035 $a(OCoLC)568279413 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000211200 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11201923 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000211200 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10291268 035 $a(PQKB)10051511 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC467973 035 $a(OCoLC)71833477 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789047410898 035 $a(PPN)174389396 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL467973 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10234936 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL140051 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000402017 100 $a20060927d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNicole Oresme's De visione stellarum (On seeing the stars)$b[electronic resource] $ea critical edition of Oresme's treatise on optics and atmospheric refraction /$fwith an introduction, commentary, and English translation by Dan Burton 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (333 p.) 225 1 $aMedieval and early modern science,$x1567-8393 ;$vv. 7 300 $aRevision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Indiana University, 2000. 311 $a90-04-15370-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [245]-282) and indexes. 327 $tPreliminary Material /$rD. Burton -- $tChapter I. Introduction /$rD. Burton -- $tChapter II. Nicole Oresme?S Life And Works /$rD. Burton -- $tChapter III. The Writing Of De Visione Stellarum: Author, Date, Titles, And Influence /$rD. Burton -- $tChapter IV. Overview And Commentary Onoresme?S De Visione Stellarum /$rD. Burton -- $tChapter V. Manuscripts /$rD. Burton -- $tChapter VI. Editorial Procedures /$rD. Burton -- $tChapter VII. Citation List Of Authors Quoted Or Alluded To In Oresme?S De Visione Stellarum /$rD. Burton -- $tPart II. Nicole Oresme?S De Visione Stellarum Latin Critical Edition With English Translation /$rD. Burton -- $tPart III. Bibliography And Indices /$rD. Burton. 330 $aIn this critical edition and translation of Nicole Oresme?s On Seeing the Stars , the renowned 14th-century natural philosopher proposes that the stars are not where they seem. And perhaps nothing is where it seems. In this earliest treatise on atmospheric refraction, Oresme uses optics and infinitesimals to help solve this vexing problem of astronomy. He is the first to propose that light travels along a curve through the atmosphere ? two centuries before Hooke and Newton, who are credited with the discovery. Further, he calls all sense data into doubt. Oresme?s argument concerning the curvature of light is a major milestone in the history of science, confirming that Oresme was one of the most innovative scientists of the pre-modern world. 410 0$aHistory of science and medicine library.$pMedieval and early modern science ;$vv. 7. 606 $aOptics$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aRefraction, Astronomical$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aScience, Medieval$vEarly works to 1800 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aOptics 615 0$aRefraction, Astronomical 615 0$aScience, Medieval 676 $a535 700 $aOresme$b Nicole$fca. 1320-1382.$0463006 701 $aBurton$b Dan$0968710 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458635703321 996 $aNicole Oresme's De visione stellarum (On seeing the stars)$92200387 997 $aUNINA