Between Copernicus and Galileo
Subtitle: Christoph Clavius and the Collapse of Ptolemaic Cosmology
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: December 12, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780226469294
Subjects: Cosmology & the universe; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Religion; Science; Science/Mathematics; Europe; Astronomy - Universe; General; Religion / General; 1538-1612; Astronomy, Medieval; Clavius, Christoph,; Cosmology, Medieval; Ptolemy,
First sentence: The monuments of two powerful popes flank the chair of Saint Peter inside the Roman basilica that bears his name.