Copernicus in the Cultural Debates of the Renaissance: Reception, Legacy, Transformation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004251786)

In Copernicus in the Cultural Debates of the Renaissance, Pietro Daniel Omodeo presents a general overview of the reception of Copernicus's astronomical proposal from the years immediately preceding the publication of De revolutionibus (1543) to the Roman prohibition of heliocentric hypotheses in 1616. Relying on a detailed investigation of early modern sources, the author systematically examines a series of issues ranging from computation to epistemology, natural philosophy, theology and ethics. In addition to offering a pluralistic and interdisciplinary perspective on post-Copernican astronomy, the study goes beyond purely cosmological and geometrical issues and engages in a wide-ranging discussion of how Copernicus's legacy interacted with European culture and how his image and theories evolved as a result.

Author: Pietro Daniel Omodeo
ISBN-10: 9004251782
ISBN-13: 9789004251786
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 06/12/2014
Pages: 434
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.40w x 1.10d