An exploration of their cultural significance / Kristen Lippincott ; with editions and translations of De la sfera del mondo and De le stelle fisse.
Descrizione fisica:
XIII, 292 p.
Contiene:
Indice: 1. Alessandro Piccolomini and the Background to his astronomical treatises 2. Piccolomini's aims and ambitions: considering the dedications of De la sfera del mondo and De le stelle fisse 3. Revealing and concealing: Piccolomini's nickname and Imprese 4. Musing on the successes and shortcomings of Piccolomini's methods 5. De la sfera del mondo and De stelle fisse: and edition and English translation. Appendix 1. Appendix 2a. Appendix 2b. Appendix 3. Appendix 4. Bibliography. General index. Index of Piccolomini's life and works
Note galileane:
Per Galileo lettore dei trattati di Alessandro Piccolomini vedi p. 170-172
Lippincott, Kristen. Alessandro Piccolomini's early astronomical works. 1