Kepler's New Star (1604)

Context and Controversy
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-43163-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 31, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 588 g

Reihe: Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy and Science

The supernova of 1604 marks a major turning point in the cosmological crisis of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Capturing the eyes and imagination of Europe, it ignited an explosion of ideas that forever changed the face of science. Variously interpreted as a comet or star, the new luminary brought together a broad network of scholars who debated the nature of the novelty and its origins in the universe. At the heart of the interdisciplinary discourse was Johannes Kepler, whose book On the New Star (1606) assessed the many disputes of the day. Beginning with several studies about Kepler’s book, the authors of the present volume explore the place of Kepler and the ‘new star’ in early modern culture and religion, and how contemporary debate shaped the course of science down to the present day.

Contributors are: (1) Dario Tessicini, (2) Christopher M. Graney, (3) Javier Luna, (4) Patrick J. Boner, (5) Jonathan Regier, (6) Aviva Rothman, (7) Miguel Á. Granada, (8) Pietro Daniel Omodeo, (9) Matteo Cosci, and (10) William P. Blair.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Blair, William P.

Cosci, Matteo

Granada Martinez, Miguel Á.

Graney, Christopher M.

Luna, Javier

Omodeo, Pietro Daniel

Regier, Jonathan

Rothman, Aviva

Tessicini, Dario

Boner, Patrick J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Neuzeit
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

1 Straight Paths and Evanescent Bodies: The Physics and Dynamics of Celestial Novelties in Kepler’s De stella nova

Dario Tessicini

2 Of Mites and Men (and Stars): Kepler on the Question of Star Sizes in De Stella Nova

Christopher M. Graney

3 The Measure of the Universe in De stella nova

Javier Luna

4 Celestial Novelty and the Science of the Stars: Kepler vs. Krabbe on Accuracy and Authority in Early Modern Germany

Patrick J. Boner

5 Stars, Crystals and Courts: Johannes Kepler and Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt

Jonathan Regier

6 Kepler’s Astrological Play

Aviva Rothman

7 The Nova of 1600 in Cygnus and the Christianization of the Constellations

Miguel Á. Granada

8 Epicurean Astronomy? Atomistic and Corpuscular Stars in Kepler’s Century

Pietro Daniel Omodeo

9 The Correspondence of Clavius, Dal Monte, Magini and Other Italian Astronomers on The Nova of 1604

Matteo Cosci

10 The Scientific Legacy of Kepler’s ‘Stella Nova’

William P. Blair

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Patrick J. Boner, Ph.D. in History and Philosophy of Science (2007), is a Visiting Scholar at the Catholic University of America. He is the author of several studies, including Kepler’s Cosmological Synthesis: Astrology, Mechanism and the Soul (Brill, 2013).