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Bearing the heavens : Tycho Brahe and the astronomical community of the late sixteenth century

Title
  1. Bearing the heavens : Tycho Brahe and the astronomical community of the late sixteenth century / Adam Mosley.
Published by
  1. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Supplementary content
  1. Contributor biographical information
  2. Publisher description
Author
  1. Mosley, Adam, 1974-

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Description
  1. xiv, 354 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  1. Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601
  2. Brahe, Tycho
  3. 1500-1599
  4. Astronomy > Denmark > History > 16th century
  5. Astronomers > Denmark > Biography
  6. Astronomers
  7. Astronomy
  8. Astronomie
  9. Scientific Community
  10. Denmark
  11. Dänemark
Genre/Form
  1. Biography.
  2. History.
Contents
  1. Bearing the heavens. Coelifer: Atlas as bearer of the heavens ; Astronomy and kingship: disciplinary history and princely practice ; Tycho Brahe, prince of astronomers -- Tycho Brahe's astronomical letters. Tycho Brahe and the Republic of letters ; Epistolary origins: the beginning of the Hven-Kassel exchanges ; Weddings, merchants, and other hindrances to good-will ; Epistolary calibration: instruments, refraction and cosmology at Uraniborg and Kassel ; Intellectual property, credit and the exchange of gifts ; Conclusion -- Books and the heavens. From manuscript to print ; (i) To please all men of learning and good will? ; (ii) A dedicated gift ...? ; (iii) ... or an astronomical text? ; Astronomical readers ; (i) Textual astronomy ; (ii) The astronomical library ; (iii) Readings hostile and authorial ; A melancholy conclusion -- Instruments. Globi Tychonici ; Printing and privilege: books, globes and gifts ; Moving heaven and earth: models of celestial motion ; Conclusion -- Concluding remarks --Appendix: Known and presumed owners of Tycho's works prior to 1602.
Call number
  1. JSE 07-518
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-339) and indexes.
Author
  1. Mosley, Adam, 1974-
Title
  1. Bearing the heavens : Tycho Brahe and the astronomical community of the late sixteenth century / Adam Mosley.
Imprint
  1. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-339) and indexes.
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  1. Table of contents
  2. Table of contents
  3. Table of contents
  4. Contributor biographical information
  5. Publisher description
Chronological term
  1. 1500-1599
LCCN
  1. 2007000713
ISBN
  1. 9780521838665 (alk. paper)
  2. 0521838665 (alk. paper)
  3. 9781107403659
  4. 1107403650
Research call number
  1. JSE 07-518
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