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Reading the Mind of God Johannes Kepler and the Reform of Astronomy /

This volume provides a wide-ranging introduction to Kepler’s work, with essays on his religion, his cosmological theories, his work in astronomy, astrology, optics and mathematics and his interactions with Tycho Brahe and Galileo Galilei. Kepler is a major figure in the history of science. His laws...

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Bibliografiset tiedot
Yhteisötekijä: SpringerLink (Online service)
Muut tekijät: Davis, A.E.L (Toimittaja), Field, J. V. (Toimittaja), Mahoney, T. J. (Toimittaja)
Aineistotyyppi: Elektroninen E-kirja
Kieli:englanti
Julkaistu: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2024.
Painos:1st ed. 2024.
Sarja:Astronomy and Planetary Sciences,
Aiheet:
Astronomy.
Science > History.
Mathematics.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
History of Science.
Linkit:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2250-4
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Sisällysluettelo:
  • Kepler’s place in the history of astronomy
  • Religion and natural philosophy
  • Late Humanism
  • The geometrical cosmos
  • The occult sciences
  • Kepler’s astrology
  • Tycho Brahe and observational astronomy
  • Beginning the quest for physical causes
  • Kepler’s theoretical astronomy: the laws of planetary motion
  • Kepler’s contributions to optics
  • Kepler and Galileo: Copernican cosmology, telescopes and comets
  • The Rudolphine Tables
  • Kepler’s contributions to mathematics
  • Working continuously: Kepler’s investigations into fluid mechanics
  • 'A Warning to Astronomers'
  • Somnium
  • Kepler in Translation
  • Kepler’s personality and life
  • Epilogue: Kepler and the historians
  • A Kepler Chronology.

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