Nicholas Jardine
Cambridge University Press
e druk, 1988
9780521346993
The Birth of History and Philosophy of Science
Kepler's 'A Defence of Tycho against Ursus' with Essays on its Provenance and Significance
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Paperback, 312 blz.
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Engels
Cambridge University Press |
e druk, 1988
ISBN13: 9780521346993
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Samenvatting
Nicholas Jardine offers here an edition and the first translation into English of Johannes Kepler's A Defence of Tycho against Ursus. He accompanies this with essays on the provenance of the treatise - the circumstances which provoked Kepler to write it, an analysis of its strategy, style and historical sources and of the contents of Ursus' Treatise on Astronomical Hypotheses to which Kepler was replying. Dr Jardine also provides three extended interpretive essays on the intrinsic interest and historical significance of the work.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780521346993
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:312
Uitgever:Cambridge University Press
Inhoudsopgave
Acknowledgements; Abbreviations of works frequently cited; Introduction; Part I. The Provenance of the Apologia: 1. The circumstances of composition; 2. Ursus' Tractacus; 3. Kepler's initial reaction to the Tractatus; 4. The scope and form of the Apologia; Part II. Apologia pro Tychone contra Ursum: 5. Text and translation of the Apologia; Part III. The Significance of the Apologia: 6. Against the sceptics; 7. The status of astronomy; 8. Historiography; 9. Final reflections; Index of names.