Fictions of the cosmos : science and literature in the seventeenth century / by Aït-Touati, Frédérique, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Kepler sets the Earth in motion ; Genealogy of the dream: from ludus philosophicus to the game of fiction ; The dynamics of the voyage: a thought-experiment ; Vision in the voyage ; The place of fiction ; Godwin, Wilkins, Cyrano: from the optical voyage to the mechanical voyage ; The Man in the Moone ; A World in the Moon ; From heavens to the sky: Cyrano's other world ; Conclusions: dreams and fictions -- part 2. …”
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Collection, laboratory, theater : scenes of knowledge in the 17th century /

Table of Contents: “…McAllister -- The Virtual Laboratory: Thought Experiments in Seventeenth-Century -- Mechanics -- Wolfgang Schäffner -- The Point: The Smallest Venue of Knowledge in the 17th Century -- (1585-1665) -- Ludger Schwarte -- Anatomical Theatre as Experimental Space -- Hans-Christian von Herrmann -- Scenes of Writing: The Florentine Uffizi as Kunstkammer, Laboratory, -- and Stage -- Werner Oechslin -- "Mentalmente architettato" -- Thoughts in Physical Form: Immutable or -- Dynamic? …”
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