Ordering the heavens : Roman astronomy and cosmology in the Carolingian renaissance /
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| Author / Creator: | Eastwood, Bruce. |
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| Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2007. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 452 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | History of science and medicine library ; v. 4 Medieval and early modern science ; v. 8 History of science and medicine library ; v. 4. History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern science ; v. 8. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11188133 |
| Summary: | The astronomy of the Carolingian era has commonly been represented as concerned exclusively with computus , the science of calendar construction as well as arithmetical calculation in general. This volume shows the error of that portrayal by exploring the study and teaching of four Roman texts on astronomy and cosmology in the Carolingian world and the diagrams connected to those texts.<br> <br> As each of these works came into use over the Carolingian era, its contributions merged into a progressively more ordered picture of the heavens. Both eccentrics and epicycles appeared by the 840s. These techniques were subsequently introduced clearly and qualitatively to complete the Carolingian enterprise. The primary tool for understanding this effort is the analysis of their diagrams.<br> <br> <br> <br> Medieval and Early Modern Science , vol. 8 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 452 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-446) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789047431077 9047431073 9789004161863 9004161864 1281936561 9781281936561 9786611936563 6611936564 |