| 书目名称 | From Influence to Inhabitation |
| 副标题 | The Transformation o |
| 编辑 | James E. Christie |
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| 概述 | Offers a new theory on the decline of astrology in the 17th and 18th centuries.Shows the role of astrological tradition in early theories of extraterrestrial life.Discusses astrobiology, combining the |
| 丛书名称 | International Archives of the History of Ideas‘ Archives internationales d‘histoire des idées |
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| 描述 | .This book describes how and why the early modern period witnessed the marginalisation of astrology in Western natural philosophy, and the re-adoption of the cosmological view of the existence of a plurality of worlds in the universe, allowing the possibility of extraterrestrial life. ..Founded in the mid-1990s, the discipline of astrobiology combines the search for extraterrestrial life with the study of terrestrial biology – especially its origins, its evolution and its presence in extreme environments. This book offers a history of astrobiology‘s attempts to understand the nature of life in a larger cosmological context. Specifically, it describes the shift of early modern cosmology from a paradigm of celestial influence to one of celestial inhabitation. Although these trends are regarded as consequences of Copernican cosmology, and hallmarks of a modern world view, they are usually addressed separately in the historical literature. Unlike others, this book takes a broad approach that examines the relationship of the two. ..From Influence to Inhabitation. will benefit both historians of astrology and historians of the extraterrestrial life debate, an audience which includes rese |
| 出版日期 | Book 2019 |
| 关键词 | Extraterrestrial Life Debate; Plurality of Worlds; Seventeenth-Century Cosmology; History of Astrology; |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22169-0 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-22171-3 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-22169-0Series ISSN 0066-6610 Series E-ISSN 2215-0307 |
| issn_series | 0066-6610 |
| copyright | Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 |
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