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John Buridan, Quaestiones super octo libros Physicorum Aristotelis (secundum ultimam lecturam)
Libri I - II
Av John Buridan, M. Streijger m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
3756 kr
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John Buridan (d. ca. 1360) was one of the most talented and influential philosophers of the later Middle Ages. He spent his career as a master in the Arts Faculty at the University of Paris, producing commentaries and independent treatises on logic, metaphysics, natural philosophy, and ethics. His …
John Buridan, Quaestiones super octo libros Physicorum Aristotelis (secundum ultimam lecturam)
Libri III - IV
Av John Buridan, Michiel Streijger m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
2834 kr
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John Buridan (d. ca. 1360) was one of the most talented and influential philosophers of the later Middle Ages. He spent his career as a master in the Arts Faculty at the University of Paris, producing commentaries and independent treatises on logic, metaphysics, natural philosophy, and ethics. His …
Astronomical Tables of Giovanni Bianchini
Av José Chabás, Bernard Goldstein
Inbunden, 2009
2029 kr
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The Alfonsine Tables became the main computing tool for astronomers for about 250 years, from their compilation in Toledo ca. 1272 to the edition in 1551 of new tables based on Copernicus’s astronomical models. It consisted of a set of astronomical tables which, over time, was presented in many …
Copernicus and the Aristotelian Tradition
Education, Reading, and Philosophy in Copernicus's Path to Heliocentrism
Av André Goddu
Inbunden, 2010
3237 kr
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Taking into account the most important results of the scholarly literature since 1973 and the best Polish scholarship of the past century, this is the first comprehensive study of Copernicus's achievement in English that examines Copernicus's path to heliocentrism from the perspective of late …
Key Texts of Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776-1810) on the Science and Art of Nature
Inbunden, 2010
3265 kr
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Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776-1810) was an influential scientist of the Romantic era, acquainted with the greatest minds of his day. He made significant contributions in the fields of chemistry and galvanism, but also tested the boundaries of the sciences and the arts through a speculative thinking …
John Buridan Quaestiones super libros De generatione et corruptione Aristotelis
A Critical Edition with an Introduction
Av Michiel Streijger, Paul J.J.M. Bakker m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
2400 kr
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John Buridan (d. 1361) was one of the most talented and influential philosophers of the late Middle Ages. His fame extended far into the seventeenth century and underwent a revival in the twentieth century, when the French physicist Pierre Duhem rediscovered his manuscripts and wrote studies about …
Thought Experiments in Methodological and Historical Contexts
Inbunden, 2011
2393 kr
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During the last decades of the twentieth century highly imaginative thought experiments were introduced in philosophy: Searle’s Chinese room, variations on the Brain-in-a-vat, Thomson’s violinist. At the same time historians of philosophy and science claimed the title of thought experiment for …
Web of Nature: Martin Lister (1639-1712), the First Arachnologist
Inbunden, 2011
3268 kr
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This first full-length biography of Dr. Martin Lister (1639-1712), vice-president of the Royal Society, Royal Physician, and the first arachnologist and conchologist, provides an unprecedented picture of a seventeenth-century virtuoso. Lister is recognized for his discovery of ballooning spiders …
Medical Humanism and Natural Philosophy
Renaissance Debates on Matter, Life and the Soul
Av Hiro Hirai
Inbunden, 2011
2296 kr
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Inspired by the ideas contained in the newly recovered ancient sources, Renaissance humanists questioned the traditional teachings of universities. Humanistically trained physicians, called “medical humanists,” were particularly active in the field of natural philosophy, where alternative …
Correspondence of Dr. Martin Lister (1639-1712). Volume One: 1662-1677
Inbunden, 2015
5734 kr
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Winner of the 2017 John Thackray Medal awarded by the Society for the History of Natural History, U.K.Martin Lister (1639–1712) was a consummate virtuoso, the first arachnologist and conchologist, and a Royal physician. As one of the most prominent corresponding fellows of the Royal Society, many …
Correspondence of Dr. Martin Lister (1639—1712). Volume Two: 1678—1694
Inbunden, 2025
3935 kr
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Martin Lister (1639–1712), who served as physician to Queen Anne, was a prominent Fellow of the Royal Society (F.R.S.), and he was made an honorary M.D. by Oxford in 1684.The first scientific arachnologist and conchologist, and a major benefactor of the Ashmolean Museum, he corresponded regularly …
Psychology and the Other Disciplines
A Case of Cross-Disciplinary Interaction (1250-1750)
Av Paul J. J. M. Bakker, Sander W. de Boer
Inbunden, 2012
2553 kr
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Psychology and the Other Disciplines looks at how Aristotelian psychology developed from the medieval to the early modern period, by studying its interactions with other philosophical disciplines, medicine, and theology. The book addresses a wide range of topics, such as the place of psychology in …
Kepler's Cosmological Synthesis
Astrology, Mechanism and the Soul
Inbunden, 2013
2322 kr
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The cosmology of Johannes Kepler remains a mystery. On the one hand, Kepler’s speculations on spiritual faculties are seen as the remnants of Renaissance philosophy. On the other, his comparison of the cosmos to a clock summons the mechanical metaphor that shaped modern science. This book explores …
Copernicus in the Cultural Debates of the Renaissance
Reception, Legacy, Transformation
Inbunden, 2014
3395 kr
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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 …
Verse and Transmutation
A Corpus of Middle English Alchemical Poetry (Critical Editions and Studies)
Inbunden, 2013
2955 kr
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Verse and Transmutation: A Corpus of Middle English Alchemical Poetry identifies and investigates a corpus of twenty-one anonymous recipes for the philosophers’ stone dating from the fifteenth century. These were circulated and received in association with each other until the mid-seventeenth …
Christoph Rothmann's Discourse on the Comet of 1585
An Edition and Translation with Accompanying Essays
Av Miguel A. Granada, Adam Mosley m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
3273 kr
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Christoph Rothmann wrote a treatise on the comet of 1585 shortly after it disappeared. Though it was not printed until 1619, Rothman sent a copy of his treatise in 1586 to Tycho Brahe, decisively influencing the latter's rejection of solid celestial spheres two years later. In his treatise, …
John Buridan, Quaestiones super octo libros Physicorum Aristotelis (secundum ultimam lecturam)
Libri V–VIII
Av John Buridan, Michiel Streijger m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
3035 kr
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John Buridan (d.ca. 1360) was one of the most talented and influential philosophers of the later Middle Ages. He spent his career as a master in the Arts Faculty at the University of Paris, producing commentaries and independent treatises on logic, metaphysics, natural philosophy, and ethics. His …
Body of Evidence
Corpses and Proofs in Early Modern European Medicine
Inbunden, 2020
3009 kr
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When, why and how was it first believed that the corpse could reveal ‘signs’ useful for understanding the causes of death and eventually identifying those responsible for it? The Body of Evidence. Corpses and Proofs in Early Modern European Medicine, edited by Francesco Paolo de Ceglia, shows how …
Earthly Adams and Pious Philosophers
A Theological Anthropological Lens to the Sixteenth-Century Astronomical Revolution
Inbunden, 2024
2369 kr
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Focusing on the works of a select group of Lutheran astronomers in the Wittenberg sphere of influence, Earthly Adams and Pious Philosophers recognizes in their response to the sixteenth-century astronomical revolution a theological anthropological pattern. In challenging traditional cosmology and …
Bernardino Telesio and the Natural Sciences in the Renaissance
Inbunden, 2019
2591 kr
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This volume is devoted to the natural philosopher Bernardino Telesio (1509-1588) and his place in the scientific debates of the Renaissance. Telesio’s thought is emblematic of Renaissance culture in its aspiration towards universality; the volume deals with the roots and reception of his vistas …
Leibniz’s Correspondence in Science, Technology and Medicine (1676–1701)
Core Themes and Core Texts
Av James O'Hara
Inbunden, 2024
3216 kr
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Leibniz’s correspondence from his years spent in Paris (1672-1676) reflects his growth to mathematical maturity whereas that from the years 1676-1701 reveals his growth to maturity in science, technology and medicine in the course of which more than 2000 letters were exchanged with more than 200 …
Kepler’s New Star (1604)
Context and Controversy
Inbunden, 2020
2678 kr
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The supernova of 1604 marks a major turning point in the cosmological crisis of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Capturing the eyes and imagination of Europe, it ignited an explosion of ideas that forever changed the face of science. Variously interpreted as a comet or star, the new …
Walter Burley's Commentaries on Aristotle's Parva Naturalia
A Critical Edition
Av Walter Burley, Marek Gensler m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
2579 kr
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If you are interested in the science behind casting spells, why too much and too little sex is not good for your life, and whether it is possible to predict future from dreams or speculate while asleep, this book is for you. We present the first complete critical edition of the set of commentaries …
Nicole Oresme, Questiones in Meteorologica de ultima lectura, recensio parisiensis
Study of the Manuscript Tradition and Critical Edition of Books I-II.10
Av Nicole Oresme, Aurora Panzica
Inbunden, 2021
2247 kr
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Nicole Oresme was one of the most original and influential thinkers of the fourteenth century. He is best known for his mathematical discoveries, his economic theories, as well as his vernacular translations of cosmological and ethical texts that were undertaken at the request of King Charles V. …
Michael Maestlin’s Manuscript Treatise on the Comet of 1618
An Edition and Translation of Manuscript WLB Stuttgart, Cod. Math. 4 15b, Nr. 8
Av Miguel A. Granada, Patrick J. Boner
Inbunden, 2022
2009 kr
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Michael Maestlin (1550–1631), professor of mathematics at the University of Tübingen, was a leading protagonist of the astronomical and cosmological revolution that began with Copernicus. Famous for first introducing Copernicanism to Kepler, Maestlin also wrote important treatises on the supernova …
Quantifying Aristotle
The Impact, Spread and Decline of the Calculatores Tradition
Inbunden, 2022
2765 kr
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Aristotelian philosophy is generally regarded as incompatible with the mathematical methods and principles that form the basis of modern science. This book offers an entirely new perspective on this presumed incompatibility. It surveys the tradition of the Oxford Calculators from its beginnings in …
Descartes in the Classroom
Teaching Cartesian Philosophy in the Early Modern Age
Av Davide Cellamare, Mattia Mantovani
Inbunden, 2022
2857 kr
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The volume offers the first large-scale study of the teaching of Descartes’s philosophy in the early modern age. Its twenty chapters explore the clash between Descartes’s “new” philosophy and the established pedagogical practices and institutional concerns, as well as the various strategies …
Atoms, Corpuscles and Minima in the Renaissance
Inbunden, 2022
2501 kr
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The Renaissance witnessed an upsurge in explanations of natural events in terms of invisibly small particles – atoms, corpuscles, minima, monads and particles. The reasons for this development are as varied as are the entities that were proposed. This volume covers the period from the earliest …
Cartesian Imagery
Picturing Philosophy in the Early Modern Age
Inbunden, 2026
3386 kr
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Cartesian Imagery is the first collection of essays entirely devoted to the role of images in Cartesian philosophy and science. Its seventeen chapters study a wealth of sources from the most disparate disciplines – from printed treatises on astronomy to anatomical sketches, from students’ notebooks …
King’s Governor and the Stars: Heinrich Rantzau’s Relationship with Astrology
A Contribution to the Cultural History of the 16th Century
Inbunden, 2026
2629 kr
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Heinrich Rantzau (1526–1598), the Danish king’s governor in the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, was a multifaceted and fascinating personality. His diverse activities as a landowner, financier, entrepreneur, patron, builder, and politician have repeatedly occupied historians. As a leading …
