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Between Copernicus and Galileo: Christoph Clavius and the Collapse of Ptolemaic Cosmology James M. Lattis 2nd edition
Between Copernicus and Galileo: Christoph Clavius and the Collapse of Ptolemaic Cosmology
James M. Lattis
Clavius was influential throughout Europe in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. This book uses his own publications, as well as archival materials, to trace the central role he played in integrating traditional Ptolemaic astronomy and Aristotelian natural philosophy into an orthodox cosmology.
314 pages, 17 half-tones, 7 line drawings
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 12, 1995 |
| ISBN13 | 9780226469294 |
| Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
| Pages | 314 |
| Dimensions | 229 × 155 × 21 mm · 468 g |