Environmental legacies of the Copernican universe /
This book reenvisions the cosmos with the holistic, spherical imagination of the Middle Ages, figured in circles, cycles, epicycles, equants and offers a new perspective on the power of images and metaphors to shape the way humans see the universe and their own role in it.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2023].
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| Series: | Environment and society (Lanham, Md.)
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| Summary: | This book reenvisions the cosmos with the holistic, spherical imagination of the Middle Ages, figured in circles, cycles, epicycles, equants and offers a new perspective on the power of images and metaphors to shape the way humans see the universe and their own role in it. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-243) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781666901849 1666901849 |