Between Copernicus and Galileo : Christoph Clavius and the collapse of Ptolemaic cosmology /

Between Copernicus and Galileo : Christoph Clavius and the collapse of Ptolemaic cosmology /

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Author / Creator:Lattis, James M.
Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994.
Description:1 online resource (xix, 293 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Clavius, Christoph, -- 1538-1612.
Ptolemy, -- active 2nd century.
Clavius, Christoph, -- 1538-1612.
Ptolemy, -- active 2nd century.
Cosmology, Medieval.
Astronomy, Medieval.
Astronomy, Medieval.
Cosmology, Medieval.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11245804
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ISBN:9780226469263
0226469263
0226469271
9780226469270
0226469298
9780226469294
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-284) and index.
Print version record.
Summary:"Between Copernicus and Galileo is the story of Christoph Clavius, the Jesuit astronomer who played a central role in integrating traditional Ptolemaic astronomy and Aristotelian world views into the Church's accepted teachings. When Galileo first collided with the Church over his own work, he was in effect combatting a cosmological and intellectual agenda Clavius had worked to create, and a coterie of Church intellectuals Clavius had helped to educate." "By tracing Clavius's views from their medieval origins into the seventeenth century, Lattis illuminates the conceptual shift from Ptolemaic to Copernican astronomy and the social, intellectual, and theological impact of the Scientific Revolution."--Jacket.
Other form:Print version: Lattis, James M. Between Copernicus and Galileo. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994 0226469271

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