Painting the Heavens
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: September 27, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780691009766
Subjects: History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; History of ideas, intellectual history; History of science; Impact of science & technology on society; Painting & paintings; Philosophy of science; Science; Art & Art Instruction; Art; History; History - General; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Art / History / General; Art and Architecture; European History; History of Science and Medicine, Philosophy of Science
First sentence: IN THE FALL of 1610, Michael Maestlin, professor of astronomy at the University of Tubingen, wrote a short letter to Johannes Kepler, astronomer to the Holy Roman emperor, Rudolph II, in which he congratulated his former pupil on a recent publication.