Michael Maestlin's manuscript treatise on the comet of 1618 : an edition and translation of manuscript WLB Stuttgart, cod. math. 4° 15b, nr. 8 /

Michael Maestlin's manuscript treatise on the comet of 1618 : an edition and translation of manuscript WLB Stuttgart, cod. math. 4° 15b, nr. 8 /

Michael Maestlin was a main protagonist of the astronomical and cosmological revolution between Copernicus and Galileo. This book presents the first-ever edition of his German manuscript treatise on the Great Comet of 1618, accompanied by an English translation with a full introduction and commentar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maestlin, Michael, 1550-1631 (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Granada, Miguel Angel, 1949- (Editor), Boner, Patrick (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
Series:History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern philosophy and science ; v. 33.
Subjects:
1618
Comets > 1618 > Early works to 1800.
Astronomy, Medieval > Early works to 1800.
Cosmology, Medieval > Early works to 1800.
Early works
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction (Granada)
  • Michael Maestlin, Astronomischer Discurs von dem Cometen, so in Anno 1618, im Nouembri zu erscheinen angefangen und bis im Februario dis 1619 Jars am Himmel noch gesehen wirt (Manuscript WLB Stuttgart, Cod. Math. 4° 15b, Nr. 8)

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