عنوان

The Copernican achievement /

(Number (ISBN

0520028775

(Number (ISBN

9780520028777

Number

b412940

Title Proper

The Copernican achievement /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Robert S. Westman.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berkeley :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of California Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1975.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xvi, 405 p. :

Other Physical Details

ill. ;

Dimensions

24 cm.

Series Title

Contributions of the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies ;

Volume Designation

7

Text of Note

Papers from a symposium held at the University of California at Los Angeles, Nov. 1-2, 1973.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Introduction: The Copernican achievement / Robert S. Westman -- Rheticus, Ravetz, and the "necessity" of Copernicus' innovation / Curtis A. Wilson -- Commentary / Salomon Bochner -- On Copernicus' theory of precession / Noel Swerdlow -- Commentary: Remarks on Copernicus' observations / Owen Gingerich -- Erasmus Reinhold's determination of the distance of the Sun from the Earth / Janice Henderson -- Commentary: The role of error in ancient methods for determining the solar distance / Ernest S. Abers, Charles F. Kennel -- The arts faculty at the University of Cracow at the end of the fifteenth century / Paul W. Knoll -- Commentary: In defense of context / Nicholas H. Steneck -- The dialectical preparation for scientific revolutions / Amos Funkenstein -- Commentary: Dialectical aspects of the Copernican revolution: conceptual elucidations and historiographical problems / Maurice A. Finocchiaro -- Andreas Osiander's contribution to the Copernican achievement / Bruce Wrightsman -- The solid planetary spheres in post-Copernican natural philosophy / William H. Donahue -- Commentary: Duhem and Donahue / John L. Heilbron -- Three responses to the Copernican theory: Johannes Praetorius, Tycho Brahe, and Michael Maestlin / Robert S. Westman -- Commentary: Fictionalism and realism in sixteenth-century astronomy / Peter K. Machamer -- Why did Copernicus' research program supersede Ptolemy's? / Imre Lakatos and Elie Zahar -- Commentary / Stephen E. Toulmin.

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Title

Copernican achievement.

Copernicus, Nicolaus,1473-1543.

Astronomy-- History.

Renaissance.

Class number

Book number

Westman, Robert S.

Date of Transaction

20131005033544.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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