The Copernican question [[electronic resource] ] : prognostication, skepticism, and celestial order / / Robert S. Westman

• Autore: Westman Robert S
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (702 p.)
• Disciplina: 520.94/09031
• Soggetto topico: Astronomy, Renaissance - Europe - History - 16th century; Science - Philosophy - Europe - History - 16th century
• Soggetto non controllato: 16th 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
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Prognostication, skepticism, and celestial order
• Titolo autorizzato: The Copernican question
• ISBN: 1-283-27745-X; 9786613277459; 0-520-94816-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781488303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: ACLS Fellows' Publications.