Before Copernicus : the cultures and contexts of scientific learning in the fifteenth century

Folger bibliographic ID: 352548
Folger call number: QB29 .B44 2017
Folger holdings ID: 501133

"This collection of essays explores the multi-cultural, multi-religious, and multi-lingual context of learning on the eve of the Copernican revolution. Although Copernicus's work and its influence have been subject to a number of excellent studies, there has been surprisingly little attention paid to Copernicus's sources and the diverse cultures and contexts of learning in which he lived and by which he could have been inspired. Previous authors who have attended to this background have tended to put forth singular and rather narrow explanations of Copernicus's turn to heliocentrism. In contrast, this volume does not seek to provide "the" explanation, or even "an" explanation, but rather provides the reader with aspects of the complex and surprisingly rich intellectual and scientific world before Copernicus."--

General notes

Includes bibliographical references and index Issued also in electronic format

Contents

1. F. Jamil Ragep and Rivka Feldhay -- Introduction

Extended title: Before Copernicus : the cultures and contexts of scientific learning in the fifteenth century / edited by Rivka Feldhay and F. Jamil Ragep

Astronomy Science Learning Europe Intellectual life Astronomie Wissenschaft Wissenschaftstransfer Europa Naher Osten

editor: Feldhay, Rivka
editor: Ragep, F. J.