Title Before Copernicus : the cultures and contexts of scientific learning in the fifteenth century / edited by Rivka Feldhay and F. Jamil Ragep

Published Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017] ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations Series McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 71 McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 71 Contents What did it mean to live in the long fifteenth century? / Christopher S. Celenza -- European cross-cultural contexts before Copernicus / Nancy Bisaha -- The status of astronomy as a science in fifteenth-century Cracow : Ibn al-Haytham, Peurbach, and Copernicus / Edith Dudley Sylla -- Regiomontanus and astronomical controversy in the background of Copernicus / Michael H. Shank -- Framing the appearances in the fifteenth century : Alberti, Cusa, Regiomontanus, and Copernicus / Raz Chen-Morris and Rivka Feldhay -- Fifteenth-century astronomy in the Islamic world / Sally P. Ragep -- From Tūn to Toruń: the twists and turns of the Tūsī-Couple / F. Jamil Ragep -- Jews as scientific intermediaries in the European Renaissance / Robert Morrison Summary "This collection of essays explores the multi-cultural, multi-religious, and multi-lingual context of learning on the eve of the Copernican revolution. Although Copernicus's work and its influence have been subject to a number of excellent studies, there has been surprisingly little attention paid to Copernicus's sources and the diverse cultures and contexts of learning in which he lived and by which he could have been inspired. Previous authors who have attended to this background have tended to put forth singular and rather narrow explanations of Copernicus's turn to heliocentrism. In contrast, this volume does not seek to provide "the" explanation, or even "an" explanation, but rather provides the reader with aspects of the complex and surprisingly rich intellectual and scientific world before Copernicus."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT Gesamthochschule Kassel Wissenschaftstransfer gnd Europa gnd Subject Astronomy -- Europe -- History -- 15th century Science -- Europe -- History -- 15th century Learning -- Europe -- History -- 15th century Learning and scholarship -- Europe -- History -- 15th century SCIENCE -- Astronomy. Learning and scholarship Astronomy Intellectual life Learning Science Astronomie Wissenschaft SUBJECT Europe -- Intellectual life -- 15th century Subject Europe Naher Osten Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Feldhay, Rivka, author, editor. Ragep, F. J., author, editor. ISBN 9780773550117 0773550119 9780773550124 0773550127 0773550097 9780773550094

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