Copernicus in the cultural debates of the Renaissance : : reception, legacy, transformation / / by Pietro Daniel Omodeo.

• Superior document: History of Science and Medicine Library. Medieval and Early Modern Science, Volume 45
• VerfasserIn: Omodeo, Pietro Daniel,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern science ; Volume 45.; History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern science ; Volume 23.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (447 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004254501
• ISSN: 1567-8393
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Pietro Daniel Omodeo.

In Copernicus in the Cultural Debates of the Renaissance , Pietro Daniel Omodeo presents a general overview of the reception of Copernicus’s astronomical proposal from the years immediately preceding the publication of De revolutionibus (1543) to the Roman prohibition of heliocentric hypotheses in 1616. Relying on a detailed investigation of early modern sources, the author systematically examines a series of issues ranging from computation to epistemology, natural philosophy, theology and ethics. In addition to offering a pluralistic and interdisciplinary perspective on post-Copernican astronomy, the study goes beyond purely cosmological and geometrical issues and engages in a wide-ranging discussion of how Copernicus’s legacy interacted with European culture and how his image and theories evolved as a result.