Change and Continuity in Early Modern Cosmology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Boner, Patrick J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, 27
• Subjects: History.; Philosophy.; Mathematics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; History of Science.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; History of Philosophy.; History of Mathematical Sciences.

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 succes...