Cosmography In The Age Of Discovery And The Scientific Revolution
Download Cosmography In The Age Of Discovery And The Scientific Revolution full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free Cosmography In The Age Of Discovery And The Scientific Revolution ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Author | : David Barrado Navascués |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9783031298868 |
This book tells the comprehensive history of cosmography from the 15th Century Age of Discovery onward. During this time, cosmography-a science that combined geography and astronomy to inform us about our place in the universe-was deeply tied to ongoing developments in politics, exploration, culture, and technology. The book offers in-depth historical context over nearly four centuries, focusing in particular on the often neglected role that Portugal and Spain played in the development of cosmography. It details the great activity emerging from the Iberian and Italic peninsulas, including numerous voyagers of exploration, a clear commercial intention, and advancements in map-making techniques. In doing so, it provides a unique perspective on the "Longitude problem" not available in most other literature on the topic. Rigorously researched and sweeping in scope, this book will serve as an invaluable source for historians and readers interested in the history of science, of astronomy, and of exploration from a southern European perspective.
Author | : David Barrado Navascués |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 381 |
Release | : 2023-05-26 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3031298853 |
This book tells the comprehensive history of cosmography from the 15th Century Age of Discovery onward. During this time, cosmography—a science that combined geography and astronomy to inform us about our place in the universe—was deeply tied to ongoing developments in politics, exploration, culture, and technology. The book offers in-depth historical context over nearly four centuries, focusing in particular on the often neglected role that Portugal and Spain played in the development of cosmography. It details the great activity emerging from the Iberian and Italic peninsulas, including numerous voyagers of exploration, a clear commercial intention, and advancements in map-making techniques. In doing so, it provides a unique perspective on the “Longitude problem” not available in most other literature on the topic. Rigorously researched and sweeping in scope, this book will serve as an invaluable source for historians and readers interested in the history of science, of astronomy, and of exploration from a southern European perspective.
Author | : Ralph Bauer |
Publisher | : University of Virginia Press |
Total Pages | : 609 |
Release | : 2019-10-08 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0813942551 |
The Age of the Discovery of the Americas was concurrent with the Age of Discovery in science. In The Alchemy of Conquest, Ralph Bauer explores the historical relationship between the two, focusing on the connections between religion and science in the Spanish, English, and French literatures about the Americas during the early modern period. As sailors, conquerors, travelers, and missionaries were exploring "new worlds," and claiming ownership of them, early modern men of science redefined what it means to "discover" something. Bauer explores the role that the verbal, conceptual, and visual language of alchemy played in the literature of the discovery of the Americas and in the rise of an early modern paradigm of discovery in both science and international law. The book traces the intellectual and spiritual legacies of late medieval alchemists such as Roger Bacon, Arnald of Villanova, and Ramon Llull in the early modern literature of the conquest of America in texts written by authors such as Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, José de Acosta, Nicolás Monardes, Walter Raleigh, Thomas Harriot, Francis Bacon, and Alexander von Humboldt.
Author | : Donald G. York |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 438 |
Release | : 2016-04-19 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1439836019 |
Some 400 years after the first known patent application for a telescope by Hans Lipperhey, The Astronomy Revolution: 400 Years of Exploring the Cosmos surveys the effects of this instrument and explores the questions that have arisen out of scientific research in astronomy and cosmology. Inspired by the international New Vision 400 conference held
Author | : Alexander von Humboldt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 1849 |
Genre | : Astronomy |
ISBN | : |
Author | : |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 698 |
Release | : 2018-10-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004360379 |
A renewed case for the inclusion of Spain within broader European Renaissance movements. This interdisciplinary volume offers a snapshot of the best new work being done in this area.
Author | : Dario Tessicini |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9788822262547 |
Author | : John North |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 903 |
Release | : 2008-07-15 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0226594416 |
The definitive history of humanity's search to find its place within the universe. North charts the history of astronomy and cosmology from the Paleolithic period to the present day.
Author | : Norriss S. Hetherington |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 652 |
Release | : 2023-05-31 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1000938468 |
This book is a collection of contributions examining cosmology from multiple perspectives. It presents articles on traditional Native American and Chinese cosmologies and traces the historical roots of western cosmology from Mesopotamia and pre-Socratic Greece to medieval cosmology.
Author | : Patrick Bonner |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 189 |
Release | : 2011-02-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9400700377 |
Viewed as a flashpoint of the Scientific Revolution, early modern astronomy witnessed a virtual explosion of ideas about the nature and structure of the world. This study explores these theories in a variety of intellectual settings, challenging our view of modern science as a straightforward successor to Aristotelian natural philosophy. It shows how astronomers dealt with celestial novelties by deploying old ideas in new ways and identifying more subtle notions of cosmic rationality. Beginning with the celestial spheres of Peurbach and ending with the evolutionary implications of the new star Mira Ceti, it surveys a pivotal phase in our understanding of the universe as a place of constant change that confirmed deeper patterns of cosmic order and stability.