The Copernican revolution : planetary astronomy in the development of Western thought / Thomas S. Kuhn.
Edizione:
23. print
Pubblicazione:
Cambridge : Harvard university press, 2002.
Descrizione fisica:
XVIII, 297 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Foreword / by James Bryant Conant. 1. The ancient two-sphere universe 2. The problem of the planets 3. The two-sphere universe in Aristotelian thought 4. Recasting the tradition: Aristotle to the Copernicans 5. Copernicus' innovation 6. The assimilation of the Copernican astronomy 7. The new universe. Technical appendix. References. Bibliographical notes. Index
