TY - BOOK ID - 56715063 TI - Change and Continuity in Early Modern Cosmology AU - Boner, Patrick J AU - SpringerLink (Online service) PY - 2011 SN - 9789400700376 PB - Dordrecht Springer Netherlands DB - UniCat KW - Science KW - History of philosophy KW - Pure sciences. Natural sciences (general) KW - Mathematics KW - Space research KW - Cosmology KW - Astrophysics KW - wetenschapsgeschiedenis KW - astrofysica KW - wetenschap KW - filosofie KW - geschiedenis KW - wetenschappen KW - wiskunde KW - ruimte (astronomie) KW - kosmologie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:56715063 AB - Viewed as a flashpoint of the Scientific Revolution, early modern astronomy witnessed a virtual explosion of ideas about the nature and structure of the world. This study explores these theories in a variety of intellectual settings, challenging our view of modern science as a straightforward successor to Aristotelian natural philosophy. It shows how astronomers dealt with celestial novelties by deploying old ideas in new ways and identifying more subtle notions of cosmic rationality. Beginning with the celestial spheres of Peurbach and ending with the evolutionary implications of the new star Mira Ceti, it surveys a pivotal phase in our understanding of the universe as a place of constant change that confirmed deeper patterns of cosmic order and stability. ER -