Measuring Shadows - Kepler’s Optics of Invisibility

Focusing on the astronomer Johannes Kepler's 1604 treatise on optics, explores Kepler's radical break from scientific and epistemological traditions and shows how he posited new ways to view scientific truth and knowledge in the early modern period.

About the author

Raz Chen-Morris is Senior Lecturer in History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Summary

Focusing on the astronomer Johannes Kepler's 1604 treatise on optics, explores Kepler’s radical break from scientific and epistemological traditions and shows how he posited new ways to view scientific truth and knowledge in the early modern period.

Product details

• Authors: Raz Chen-Morris, Raz (Senior Lecturer Chen-Morris, Chen-Morris Raz
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2017
• EAN: 9780271070995
• ISBN: 978-0-271-07099-5
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 386 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); European History, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, HISTORY / Europe / Western, History of Science, Western Europe