TY  - BOOK
AU  - Field,Judith Veronica
TI  - Kepler's geometrical cosmology
T2  - Bloomsbury Academic Collections: Philosophy Ser
SN  - 9781472556554
AV  - QB981 .F54 2013
U1  - 512.1 19
PY  - 2013///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury
KW  - Kepler, Johannes,
KW  - Cosmology
KW  - Astronomy
KW  - History
KW  - Cosmologie
KW  - Astronomie
KW  - Histoire
KW  - cosmology
KW  - aat
KW  - MATHEMATICS
KW  - Algebra
KW  - Intermediate
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Reprint. Originally published in 1988 by The Athlone Press; Includes bibliographical references and index; List of Figures -- List of Tables -- General Notes -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Platonic Science -- 2. The Size of the Universe and the Status of the Sun -- 3. Mysterium Cosmographicum 1596 -- 4. Mysterium Cosmographicum 1621 -- 5. Harmonices Mundi Libri V -- 6. Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Diameters of Stars -- Appendix 2: Radii of Circumsphere and Insphere of the Cube -- Appendix 3: Radii of Circumcircles and Incircles of Regular Polygons -- Appendix 4: Kepler and the Rhombic Solids -- Notes -- Glossary Select Bibliography -- Index
N2  - "Kepler is a key figure in the development of modern astronomy. His work is also important in the history of philosophy and methodology of science as a whole. The present study is concerned with one of Kepler's major preoccupations, namely his search for the geometrical plan according to which God created the Universe. The author discusses how Kepler's cosmological theories, which embrace music and astrology as well as astronomy, are related to his other work. The subject will be of great interest to historians of science, mathematicians and astronomers as well as to historians of the late Renaissance."--Bloomsbury Publishing
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