Knowledge and cosmos : development and decline of the medieval perspective /
Enriched by recent scholarship, this second edition addresses developments in astronomy, cosmology, physics and theory of matter in the European-Mediterranean world to the latter 17th century, with focus on the period of the Copernican Revolution. It describes efforts among individuals advocating di...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Hamilton Books, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield,
[2023].
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Summary: | Enriched by recent scholarship, this second edition addresses developments in astronomy, cosmology, physics and theory of matter in the European-Mediterranean world to the latter 17th century, with focus on the period of the Copernican Revolution. It describes efforts among individuals advocating different world views to fit new ideas compatibly into broad perspectives reflecting four traditional patterns of interpretation, teleological, mechanical, occultist and mathematico-descriptive. |
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| Physical Description: | xxiv, 507 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-487) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780761874003 0761874003 |