Nicole Oresme's De visione stellarum (On seeing the stars) : a critical edition of Oresme's treatise on optics and atmospheric refraction / / with an introduction, commentary, and English translation by Dan Burton.
In this critical edition and translation of Nicole Oresme’s On Seeing the Stars , the renowned 14th-century natural philosopher proposes that the stars are not where they seem. And perhaps nothing is where it seems. In this earliest treatise on atmospheric refraction, Oresme uses optics and infinite...
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| Superior document: | Medieval and early modern science, v. 7 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern science ;
v. 7. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (333 p.) |
| Notes: | Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Indiana University, 2000. |
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