The Comet of 1577: Its Place in the History of Astronomy / / Clarisse Doris Hellman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Hellman, Clarisse Doris,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1944]; ©1944
• Year of Publication: 1944
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (488 p.)

Illustrates the effect of the comet of 1577 on astronomical thought to show that the observations of the comet brought about a change in the opinions regarding comets and marked an increased interest in and a greater number of observations of comets.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I. COMETARY THEORY TO THE END OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY -- CHAPTER II. COMETARY THEORYFROMTHEBEGINNINGOFTHEFIFTEENTHCENTURYTO1577 -- CHAPTER III.THE COMET OF 1577: BELIEVERS IN ITS SUPRA-LUNARPOSITION -- CHAPTER IV. THE COMET OF 1577: THOSE WHOSE COMPUTATIONS OF ITS PARALLAX PLACED THE COMET BENEATH THE MOON -- CHAPTER V. THE COMET OF 1577: MEN WITH A SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND WHO MADE NO ATTEMPT TO MEAS-URE THE COMET’S DISTANCE -- CHAPTER VI. THE COMET OF 1577: PREACHERS AND POETS WHO USED THE COMET MERELY AS A THEME TO FURTHER THEIR OWN PURPOSE -- CHAPTER VII. THE COMET OF 1577: TRACTS BY PERSONS OF GENERAL CULTURE, ILLUSTRATING THE WIDESPREAD INTEREST IN NATURE -- CHAPTER VIII. THE COMET OF 1577: AUTHORS WHOSE TRACTS WERE PRIMARILY ASTROLOGICAL AND PREDICATORY -- CHAPTER IX. CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TRACTS AND TREATISES ON THE COMET OF 1577 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Backmatter