Book Details

De sphaera of Johannes de Sacrobosco in the Early Modern Period The Authors of the Commentaries

Publication year: 2020

: 978-3-030-30833-9

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This book explores commentaries on an influential text of pre-Copernican astronomy in Europe. It features essays that take a close look at key intellectuals and how they engaged with the main ideas of this qualitative introduction to geocentric cosmology.


: History / History of Science / European History / History of Mathematical Sciences / History of the Book / Humanities and Social Sciences, / multidisciplinary / Astrology and Astronomy / Astronomy and Medicine / Early Modern Cosmology / Geocentric Worldview / Johannes de Sacrobosco / Scientific Commentaries / Pre-Copernican Astronomy / Sacrobosco’s Sphere / Tractatus de Sphaera / scientific identity in Europe / pre-Copernican astronomy