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Author:   William P. Blair ,  Matteo Cosci ,  Miguel Á. Granada Martinez ,  Christopher M. Graney
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   31
Weight:   0.643kg
ISBN:  

9789004431638

ISBN 10:   9004431632
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   10 December 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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List of Figures List of Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction 1 Straight Paths and Evanescent Bodies: The Physics and Dynamics of Celestial Novelties in Kepler’s De stella nova  Dario Tessicini 2 Of Mites and Men (and Stars): Kepler on the Question of Star Sizes in De Stella Nova  Christopher M. Graney 3 The Measure of the Universe in De stella nova  Javier Luna 4 Celestial Novelty and the Science of the Stars: Kepler vs. Krabbe on Accuracy and Authority in Early Modern Germany  Patrick J. Boner 5 Stars, Crystals and Courts: Johannes Kepler and Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt  Jonathan Regier 6 Kepler’s Astrological Play  Aviva Rothman 7 The Nova of 1600 in Cygnus and the Christianization of the Constellations  Miguel Á. Granada 8 Epicurean Astronomy? Atomistic and Corpuscular Stars in Kepler’s Century  Pietro Daniel Omodeo 9 The Correspondence of Clavius, Dal Monte, Magini and Other Italian Astronomers on The Nova of 1604  Matteo Cosci 10 The Scientific Legacy of Kepler’s ‘Stella Nova’  William P. Blair Bibliography Index

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Patrick J. Boner, Ph.D. in History and Philosophy of Science (2007), is a Visiting Scholar at the Catholic University of America. He is the author of several studies, including Kepler’s Cosmological Synthesis: Astrology, Mechanism and the Soul (Brill, 2013).

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