Kepler's somnium
Subtitle: the dream, or posthumous work on lunar astronomy
By: translated with a commentary by Edward Rosen.
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Mineola, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780486432823
Subjects: Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Somnium
Description: One of the most important books in the history of science, Kepler's long-overlooked Somnium made a significant contribution to the study of astronomy. Its unique twofold nature--combining a serious scientific treatise on lunar astronomy with a fictional narrative about a trip to the moon--puzzled seventeenth-century readers as well as succeeding generations, and the work lapsed into obscurity. This excellent English translation of the Somnium (originally written in Latin) offers plentiful notes to assist in following Kepler's thought, along with an introduction that traces the work's history and significance. This edition reconstructs the Somnium's checkered history in complete and fascinating detail, with scholarly commentary and extensive appendixes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-243) and index.
Originally published: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 1967.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: ix
label: Preface; title: Abbreviations of Works Cited Frequently
pagenum: xii
label: Abbreviations; title: List of Illustrations
pagenum: xv
label: Illustrations; title: Introduction
pagenum: xvii
label: Introduction; title: The Dream
pagenum: 3
label: The Dream; title: Kepler's Notes on the Dream
pagenum: 30
label: Kepler's Notes; title: Kepler's Geographical Appendix to the Dream
pagenum: 149
label: Kepler's Appendix; title: Kepler's Notes on the Geographical Appendix
pagenum: 153
label: Kepler's Notes; title: Jacob Bartsch
pagenum: 177
label: Appendix A; title: Ludwig Kepler
pagenum: 194
label: Appendix B; title: Kepler's Lunar Dissertation of 1593
pagenum: 207
label: Appendix C; title: Kepler's Translation of Plutarch's Moon
pagenum: 209
label: Appendix D; title: Kepler and Donne
pagenum: 212
label: Appendix E; title: Kepler's Legendary Account of Aristotle's Death
pagenum: 214
label: Appendix F; title: Oddur Einarsson, Bishop in Iceland
pagenum: 216
label: Appendix G; title: Kepler's Concept of Gravity
pagenum: 218
label: Appendix H; title: Kepler's Concept of Inertia
pagenum: 222
label: Appendix I; title: The Cold of Quivira
pagenum: 224
label: Appendix J; title: David Fabricius
pagenum: 226
label: Appendix K; title: Paul Guldin
pagenum: 233
label: Appendix L; title: The People of Lucumoria
pagenum: 236
label: Appendix M; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 241
label: Bibliography; title: Index
pagenum: 245
label: Index