Michael Maestlin’s Manuscript Treatise on the Comet of 1618
Michael Maestlin’s Manuscript Treatise on the Comet of 1618

Author: Miguel A. Granada

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-04-11

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9004512640

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Michael Maestlin was a main protagonist of the astronomical and cosmological revolution between Copernicus and Galileo. This book presents the first-ever edition of his German manuscript treatise on the Great Comet of 1618, accompanied by an English translation with a full introduction and commentary.

Unifying Heaven and Earth. Essays in the History of Early Modern Cosmology
Unifying Heaven and Earth. Essays in the History of Early Modern Cosmology

Author: Miguel Á. Granada

Publisher: Edicions Universitat Barcelona

Published: 2016-05-26

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 8447539601

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One of the most significant events in the history of Western civilization was the cosmological revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries. Among the most salient factors in this change, described by Alexandre Koyré as the ‘destruction of the cosmos’ inherited from ancient Greece, were Copernican heliocentrism and the substitution of a homogeneous universe for the hierarchical cosmos of the Platonic and Aristotelian tradition. Starting with a new approach to the issue of the presence of Islamic astronomical devices in Copernicus’ work and a thorough reappraisal of the cosmological views of Paracelsus, the book deals mainly with the abolition of cosmological dualism and the ways in which it affected the decline of astrology over the 17th century. Other related topics include planetary order and theories of world harmony, the cause of planetary motion in the Tychonic world system or the discussion on comets in Germany through the first presentation of a manuscript treatise by Michael Maestlin on the great comet of 1618.

Kepler's Cosmological Synthesis
Kepler's Cosmological Synthesis

Author: Patrick J. Boner

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2013-06-17

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 9004246096

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The cosmology of Johannes Kepler remains a mystery. On the one hand, Kepler’s speculations on spiritual faculties are seen as the remnants of Renaissance philosophy. On the other, his comparison of the cosmos to a clock summons the mechanical metaphor that shaped modern science. This book explores the inseparable connections between Kepler’s vitalistic views and his more enduring accomplishments in astronomy. The key argument is that Kepler’s ‘celestial biology’ served as a bridge between his revolutionary astronomy and other ‘less scientific’ interests, particularly astrology. Kepler's Cosmological Synthesis sheds new light on one of the foundational figures of the Scientific Revolution. By uncovering a new form of coherence in Kepler’s world picture, it traces the unlikely intersections of mechanism and vitalism that transformed the fabric of the heavens.

Kepler’s New Star (1604)
Kepler’s New Star (1604)

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-12-15

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 9004437274

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By examining the pressing questions the supernova of 1604 prompted, Kepler’s New Star traces the enduring impact of Kepler and his star on the course of modern science.

The Story of Physics
The Story of Physics

Author: Lloyd Motz

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-11-21

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 1489963057

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Traces the development of physics from 2000 years ago to the experimental theories of the 20th century.

The Harmony of the World
The Harmony of the World

Author: Johannes Kepler

Publisher: American Philosophical Society

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 618

ISBN-13: 9780871692092

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The authors have presented and interpreted Johannes Kepler's Latin text to English readers by putting it into the kind of clear but earnest language they suppose Kepler would have used if he had been writing today.

The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'
The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'

Author: Thomas Nathaniel Orchard

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-08-10

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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Many able and cultured writers have delighted to expatiate on the beauties of Milton's 'Paradise Lost,' and to linger with admiration over the lofty utterances expressed in his poem. Though conscious of his inability to do justice to the sublimest of poets and the noblest of sciences, the author has ventured to contribute to Miltonic literature a work which he hopes will prove to be of an interesting and instructive character. Perhaps the choicest passages in the poem are associated with astronomical allusion, and it is chiefly to the exposition and illustration of these that this volume is devoted.