Representing space in the scientific revolution /
"The novel understanding of the physical world that characterized the scientific revolution depended on a fundamental shift in the way its protagonists understood and described space. At the beginning of the seventeenth century, spatial phenomena were described in relation to a presupposed cent...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Online Access: | Cover image |
| Summary: | "The novel understanding of the physical world that characterized the scientific revolution depended on a fundamental shift in the way its protagonists understood and described space. At the beginning of the seventeenth century, spatial phenomena were described in relation to a presupposed central point; by its end, space had become a centerless void in which phenomena could only be described by reference to arbitrary orientations"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 235 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107046733 (hardback) 1107046734 (hardback) |