The Harmony of the Sphere.
Title:
The Harmony of the Sphere.
Author:
Bianchi, Silvia De.
ISBN:
9781443852081
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (191 pages)
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF IMAGES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I -- WILLIAM HERSCHEL ON THE GALAXYAND THE NEBULAE -- THE EVOLUTION OF THE SPHERE -- PART II -- FROM KANT'S EARLY COSMOLOGYTO THE COSMOLOGICAL ANTINOMY -- KANT, METAPHYSICS AND FORCES -- KANT'S IMAGES AND IDEAS OF INFINITY -- PART III -- REFLECTIONS ON KANT AND HERSCHEL -- THEATRES, TOYS, AND TEACHING AIDS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.
Abstract:
The contributors to The Harmony of the Sphere include professional historians of science, philosophers of science, and scientists, who offer different perspectives from which Kant's and Herschel's systems can be approached. The title, The Harmony of the Sphere, is an evocative one. In it, the reader will hear an echo of Kepler's cosmological system. In fact, however, this title refers to the new model of the world defended by Kant and Herschel. This model dismissed the idea of a finite static...
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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