UID:
almafu_9959244061002883
Umfang:
1 online resource (365 pages) :
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illustrations.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-7735-5012-7
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0-7735-5011-9
Serie:
McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas
Inhalt:
In 1984, Noel Swerdlow and Otto Neugebauer argued that Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) explained planetary motion by using mathematical devices and astronomical models originally developed by Islamic astronomers in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Was this a parallel development, or did Copernicus somehow learn of the work of his predecessors, and if so, how? And if Copernicus did use material from the Islamic world, how then should we understand the European context of his innovative cosmology? Although Copernicus’s work has been subject to a number of excellent studies, there has been little attention paid to the sources and diverse cultures that might have inspired him. Foregrounding the importance of interactions between Islamic and European astronomers and philosophers, Before Copernicus explores the multi-cultural, multi-religious, and multi-lingual context of learning on the eve of the Copernican revolution, determining the relationship between Copernicus and his predecessors. Essays by Christopher Celenza and Nancy Bisaha delve into the European cultural and intellectual contexts of the fifteenth century, revealing both the profound differences between “them” and “us,” and the nascent attitudes that would mark the turn to modernity. Michael Shank, F. Jamil Ragep, Sally Ragep, and Robert Morrison depict the vibrant and creative work of astronomers in the Christian, Islamic, and Jewish worlds. In other essays, Rivka Feldhay, Raz Chen-Morris, and Edith Sylla demonstrate the importance of shifting outlooks that were critical for the emergence of a new worldview. Highlighting the often-neglected intercultural exchange between Islam and early modern Europe, Before Copernicus reimagines the scientific revolution in a global context.
Anmerkung:
Front Matter --
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Contents --
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Note on Conventions --
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Tables and Figures --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction --
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The Fifteenth-Century European Social and Political Contexts --
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What Did It Mean to Live in the Long Fifteenth Century? --
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European Cross-Cultural Contexts before Copernicus --
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The Fifteenth-Century European Intellectual and Scientific Contexts --
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The Status of Astronomy as a Science in Fifteenth-Century Cracow: Ibn al-Haytham, Peurbach, and Copernicus --
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Regiomontanus and Astronomical Controversy in the Background of Copernicus --
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Framing the Appearances in the Fifteenth Century: Alberti, Cusa, Regiomontanus, and Copernicus --
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The Multicultural Astronomical Background to the Copernican Revolution --
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Fifteenth-Century Astronomy in the Islamic World --
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From Tūn to Toruń: The Twists and Turns of the Ṭūsī-Couple --
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Jews as Scientific Intermediaries in the European Renaissance --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Contributors --
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Index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-7735-5009-7
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1515/9780773550117
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