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Before Copernicus

The Cultures and Contexts of Scientific Learning in the Fifteenth Century

Rivka Feldhay, F. Jamil Ragep (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
368 Seiten
2017
McGill-Queen's University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7735-5010-0 (ISBN)
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A multi-disciplinary approach to Copernicus’s momentous transformation from geocentric to heliocentric cosmology.
In 1984, Noel Swerdlow and Otto Neugebauer argued that Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) explained planetary motion by using mathematical devices and astronomical models originally developed by Islamic astronomers in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Was this a parallel development, or did Copernicus somehow learn of the work of his predecessors, and if so, how? And if Copernicus did use material from the Islamic world, how then should we understand the European context of his innovative cosmology? Although Copernicus's work has been subject to a number of excellent studies, there has been little attention paid to the sources and diverse cultures that might have inspired him. Foregrounding the importance of interactions between Islamic and European astronomers and philosophers, Before Copernicus explores the multi-cultural, multi-religious, and multi-lingual context of learning on the eve of the Copernican revolution, determining the relationship between Copernicus and his predecessors.
Essays by Christopher Celenza and Nancy Bisaha delve into the European cultural and intellectual contexts of the fifteenth century, revealing both the profound differences between "them" and "us," and the nascent attitudes that would mark the turn to modernity. Michael Shank, F. Jamil Ragep, Sally Ragep, and Robert Morrison depict the vibrant and creative work of astronomers in the Christian, Islamic, and Jewish worlds. In other essays, Rivka Feldhay, Raz Chen-Morris, and Edith Sylla demonstrate the importance of shifting outlooks that were critical for the emergence of a new worldview. Highlighting the often-neglected intercultural exchange between Islam and early modern Europe, Before Copernicus reimagines the scientific revolution in a global context.

Rivka Feldhay is professor emerita at the Cohn Institute for History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University. F. Jamil Ragep is Canada Research Chair in the History of Science in Islamic Societies at McGill University.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie McGill-Queen’s Studies in the Hist of Id
Zusatzinfo 22 figures, 4 tables
Verlagsort Montreal
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Geschichte der Mathematik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10 0-7735-5010-0 / 0773550100
ISBN-13 978-0-7735-5010-0 / 9780773550100
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