Bonner Change and Continuity in Early Modern Cosmology

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-94-007-0037-6
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 27, 181 Seiten

Reihe: Archimedes

Viewed as a flashpoint of the Scientific Revolution, early modern astronomy witnessed a virtual explosion of ideas about the nature and structure of the world. This study explores these theories in a variety of intellectual settings, challenging our view of modern science as a straightforward successor to Aristotelian natural philosophy. It shows how astronomers dealt with celestial novelties by deploying old ideas in new ways and identifying more subtle notions of cosmic rationality. Beginning with the celestial spheres of Peurbach and ending with the evolutionary implications of the new star Mira Ceti, it surveys a pivotal phase in our understanding of the universe as a place of constant change that confirmed deeper patterns of cosmic order and stability.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bonner, Patrick

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgements;6
2;Contents;7
3;Contributors;8
4;About the Authors;9
5;1 Introduction;11
5.1; Notes;14
6;2 The Reality of Peurbach's Orbs: Cosmological Continuity in Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Astronomy;17
6.1; The Status of Celestial Orbs from Peurbach to Copernicus;19
6.2; The Status of Celestial Orbs from Copernicus to Kepler;30
6.3; Notes;36
7;3 Continuity and Change in Cosmological Ideas in Spain Between the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: The Impact of Celestial Novelties;43
7.1;Jeronimo Muñoz and the “Nova” of 1572;43
7.2;Muñoz’s Students and the “Nova” of 1604;49
7.3; The Cosmographers;51
7.4; Kepler in Spain;53
7.5; Conclusion;54
7.6; Notes;55
8;4 Cornelius Gemma and the New Star of 1572;61
8.1; Notes;71
9;5 Johannes Kepler and David Fabricius: Their Discussion on the Nova of 1604;76
9.1; Brief Overview of the Sequence of Discussion and Publications of Fabricius and Kepler on the Nova of 1604;77
9.2; Fabricius's Interpretation of the Nova;79
9.2.1; The Generation of the Nova;79
9.2.2; The Meaning of the Nova;81
9.3; Kepler's Interpretation of the New Star and His Criticism of Fabricius in De Stella Nova ;83
9.3.1; The Generation of the Nova;83
9.3.2; The Meaning of the Nova;86
9.4; Conclusion;90
9.5; Notes;90
10;6 Kepler's Copernican Campaign and the New Star of 1604;102
10.1; Kepler and Lorenzini on the Distance of the New Star;104
10.2;Kepler and Herwart on the “Copernican Abyss”;110
10.3; Conclusion;115
10.4; Notes;116
11;7 From Cosmos to Confession: Kepler and the Connection Between Astronomical and Religious Truth;124
11.1; The Mysterium Cosmographicum, Religious Community, and the Eucharist Debate;125
11.2; The New Star of 1604: Heavenly Representations and the Religious Implications of Astrology;130
11.3; Conclusion: Certainty vs. Probability and the Harmony of the Church;135
11.4; Notes;138
12;8 Johannes Phocylides Holwarda and the Interpretation of New Stars in the Dutch Republic;143
12.1; The New Star of 1604;144
12.2; Philosophers and New Stars;145
12.3; Mira Ceti;146
12.4; Holwarda and Mira Ceti;148
12.5; Holwarda's View of the Universe;151
12.6; New Stars and Changing Views of the Cosmos;153
12.7; Holwarda's Place in the History of Cosmology;156
12.8; Conclusion;157
12.9; Notes;157
13;9 Discovering Mira Ceti: Celestial Change and Cosmic Continuity;161
13.1; Fabricius1596 and All That;163
13.2;Holwarda—Doubling Down;164
13.3;Hevelius—History and Identity;166
13.4;Boulliau—Identity and Difference;169
13.5; Notes;175
14;Index;185