Between Copernicus and Galileo - Christoph Clavius and the Collapse of Ptolemaic Cosmology

Summary

Clavius was influential throughout Europe in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. This book uses his own publications, as well as archival materials, to trace the central role he played in integrating traditional Ptolemaic astronomy and Aristotelian natural philosophy into an orthodox cosmology.

Product details

• Authors: James M. Lattis, Lattis James M.
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.1994
• EAN: 9780226469270
• ISBN: 978-0-226-46927-0
• No. of pages: 314
• Dimensions: 17 mm x 24 mm x 3 mm
• Weight: 595 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Cosmology & the universe, Cosmology and the universe, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology