Copernicus banned : the entangled matter of the anti-Copernican decree of 1616

• Informazioni

  DESCRIZIONE

  xxv, 252 pages : illustrations

  COLLANA

  Biblioteca di Galilæana, VIII
  

  MATERIE

  • Astronomia e scienze connesse
  • Scienza e religione
  • Persecuzioni nella storia della chiesa
  • Scienze pure. Storia, geografia, persone
  • Astronomy

  NOTE

  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Collected essays.

  SOGGETTI

  • Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543
  • Catholic Church. Congregatio Indicis
  • Index librorum prohibitorum
  • Religion and science -- History
  • Astronomy -- History
• In questo volume

  • Introduction
  • Dangerous Ideas : Telesio, Campanella and Galileo
  • Threats to the Christian Cosmos : the Reckless Assault on the Heavens and the Debate over Hell
  • Nature, Faith and the Judge of Faith . some Consid­erations on the Historical-Political Context of Copernicus' Con­demnation
  • The Archbishop and Astronomy : Alessandro Marzi­medici and the 1604 Supernova
  • Alchemical Implications of 1616 Affaire : on the Parish Priest Attavanti, the Knight Ridolfi and the Cardinal Orsini
  • Knowledge and Curial Ser­vice in 17th-century Rome
  • Kepler's second Copernican Campaign : the Search for an Annual Stellar Parallax after the Roman Decree, 1616
  • Copernicanism and the Bible in the Dutch Republic around 1616 : a non-debate
  • An Astrologer in the World-Systems Debate : Jean-Baptiste Morin on Astrology and Copernicanism, 1631-1634
  • Index of Names