The first Copernican : Georg Joachim Rheticus and the rise of the Copernican revolution / Dennis Danielson.
Pubblicazione:
New York : Walker, 2006.
Descrizione fisica:
264 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Prologue: No Rheticus, no Copernicus. 1. Patrons and a poet 2. Roundabout road to Frauenburg 3. Vita Copernici 4. What Rheticus knew 5. Copernican sunrise 6. God's geometry in heaven and on earth 7. Copernican afterlife 8. Welcome to Leipzig 9. Gambling on Cardano 10. Something about an evil spirit 11. Labors of harvest 12. Things left behind 13. Medicine is not like geometry 14. Another Copernicus 15. Rescuing Rheticus 16. Triangles, stars and the sweetness of things. Acknowledgments. Appendix: Translations of some documents. Relating to the career of Rheticus. Notes. Index
