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Christoph Rothmann’s Discourse on the Comet of 1585: An Edition and Translation with Accompanying Essays

By Miguel A Granada , Adam Mosley , Professor of History and Philosophy of the Sciences Nicholas Jardine , Christoph Rothmann

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2014
ISBN
9789004260344
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1912592 bytes)
Series
History of Science and Medicine Library / Medieval and Early
Edition
Critical ed.
Pages
376\396
Orientation
no
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-08-15 11:06:07
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Description

Christoph Rothmann wrote a treatise on the comet of 1585 shortly after it disappeared. Though it was not printed until 1619, Rothman sent a copy of his treatise in 1586 to Tycho Brahe, decisively influencing the latter's rejection of solid celestial spheres two years later. In his treatise, Rothmann joined the elimination of the solid celestial spheres to his concept of air as the substance filling the cosmos. He based his argument on the absence of refraction and the celestial location of the comet. The treatise also contained clear statements reflecting Rothmann s adoption of Copernicanism. This first critical edition of the treatise is accompanied by an English translation and a thorough commentary. Some appendices with archival documents illustrate the genesis of Rothmann s treatise."

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