Cosmology in the Early Modern Age: A Web of Ideas

Foreword.- Preface.- Introduction.- Chapter 1. The elements of a cosmological model.- Chapter 2. Copernicus' astronomical revolution.- Chapter 3. Kepler: the cosmographer par excellence.- Chapter 4.Galileo and the spread of the Copernican system.- Chapter 5. Descartes and the new mechanistic paradigm.- Chapter 6. Huygens: the greatest Cartesian scientist.- Chapter 7. Newton and his system of the world.- Chapter 8. Leibniz: the philosopher-scientist.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Glossary of the Technical Terms.- Index of Subjects.- Index of Figures.- Index of Names.?

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• História da Ciência
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Early Modern Cosmology;History of Cosmology;History of Science;History of Early Modern Philosophy;Rise of Modern Science;Scientific Revolution;History of Astronomy;Epistemology and Scientific Revolution;Interdisciplinary Research on the Birth of Modern Science;Cosmological Models