The unmaking of the medieval Christian cosmos, 1500-1760 : from solid heavens to boundless aether / / W.G.L. Randles
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| Autore: |
Randles W. G. L.
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| Titolo: |
The unmaking of the medieval Christian cosmos, 1500-1760 : from solid heavens to boundless aether / / W.G.L. Randles
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (295 pages) : illustrations, tables |
| Disciplina: | 261.5/5 |
| Soggetto topico: | Astronomy - Religious aspects - Catholic Church - History of doctrines |
| Note generali: | First published 1999 by Ashgate Publishing. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 1. The medieval foundations of the Christian cosmos -- 2. Renaissance and Reformation challenges to the medieval cosmos and the response of the Counter-Reformation -- 3. The challenge of applied optics -- 4. The reception of new astronomical evidence -- 5. The challenge of infinity -- 6. The Empyrean in the late Renaissance and the Baroque age -- 7. The cosmos in university textbooks -- 8. The impact of Cartesianism and Copernicanism and the end of the medieval cosmos. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The unmaking of the medieval Christian cosmos, 1500-1760 |
| ISBN: | 1-315-23666-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910154979003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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