期刊全称 | Alessandro Piccolomini’s Early Astronomical Works: I. An Exploration of Their Cultural Significance | 期刊简称 | With Editions and Tr | 影响因子2023 | Kristen Lippincott | 视频video | | 发行地址 | Offers the first interdisciplinary study of Alessandro Piccolomini’s two early astronomical works.Includes modern editions of the original Italian texts and an English translation of both treatises.Pr | 学科分类 | Historical & Cultural Astronomy | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | .This book presents the first interdisciplinary study of Alessandro Piccolomini’s two early astronomical works – De la Sfera del Mondo and De le Stelle Fisse. First published in Venice in 1540, the two treatises are amongst the earliest scientific texts written in the vernacular (Italian) and were specifically composed to make astronomical principles and practices available to a lay reader. ..The book includes modern editions of the original Italian texts and an English translation of both treatises (all appended as Electronic Supplementary Material to the online edition), while also examining the contents of each treatise in depth. It explores the way in which Piccolomini addresses the theoretical underpinnings of the science of astronomy in his De la Sfera del Mondo by providing a version of Sacrobosco’s De sphaera, which he has expanded and updated to include the views of more recent natural philosophers and astronomers. The book also presents an extended study ofDe le Stelle Fisse and the unique method that Piccolomini devised for observing the stars, as well as explanatory notes on the sources behind his explanations of the mythographic sources of each constellation...In addi | Pindex | Book 2024 |
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