{"product_id":"michael-maestlin-s-manuscript-treatise-on-the-comet-of-1618-an-edition-and-translation-of-manuscript-wlb-stuttgart-cod-math-4o-15b-nr-8-9789004472198","title":"Michael Maestlin’s Manuscript Treatise on the Comet of 1618: An Edition and Translation of Manuscript WLB Stuttgart, Cod. Math. 4º 15b, Nr. 8","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Maestlin (1550–1631), professor of mathematics at the University of Tübingen, was a leading protagonist of the astronomical and cosmological revolution that began with Copernicus. Famous for first introducing Copernicanism to Kepler, Maestlin also wrote important treatises on the supernova of 1572 and the comet of 1577 that mark significant steps in the elimination of celestial immutability and the reinforcement of the Copernican worldview. This first critical edition of Maestlin’s German manuscript treatise on the comet of 1618 is accompanied by an English translation and a thorough commentary. An extensive introduction situates Maestlin’s treatise in the broader context of the contemporary politico-religious conflict and cosmological discussion newly expanded to the debate on sunspots discovered with the telescope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  List of Figures  Symbols of Planets and Zodiacal Signs: Criteria of This Edition    Introduction   Miguel Á. Granada   1 The impact of the Comet of 1618 in Europe and Württemberg   2 Maestlin’s Treatise on the Comet of 1618   3 The Comets of 1618–1619 and Maestlin’s Observations   4 The Treatises of 1578 and 1580: A Mathematical and Astronomical Approach   5 From 1578 to 1618   6 Bartholomaeus Keckermann and His Assault on Celestial Comets   7 Maestlin’s Reply to Keckermann and the Partial Preservation of Aristotle   8 Sunspots and the Telescope Appear on the Scene   9 Maestlin, Schickard and Habrecht on Faulhaber and the Rosicrucians    Michael Maestlin, Astronomischer Discurs von dem Cometen, so in Anno 1618, im Nouembri zu erscheinen angefangen und bis inn Februar dis 1619 Jars am Himmel noch gesehen wirt   Critical edition by Miguel Á. Granada    Michael Maestlin, Astronomical Discourse on the Comet that First Appeared in November 1618 and Can Still Be Seen in the Sky in February of this Year 1619   Translation by Patrick J. Boner, notes by Miguel Á. Granada and Patrick J. Boner   Chapter 1. More Than One Comet Appeared in the Previous Year 1618   Chapter 2. On the First Emergence and Appearance of This Comet   Chapter 3. On the Course of This Comet, and the Signs and Constellations through Which It Passed   Chapter 4. That the Philosophers Are Divided in Opinion over Whether Comets Are Elementary or Ethereal, That Is, Whether They Are Generated and Brought into Being Here Below in the Air or High above in the Heavens   Chapter 5. Whether and How We May Find a Solution for the Two Opposing Opinions   Chapter 6. Whether Our Present Comet Possessed Any Sensible Parallax or Not, and How Far Away It May Have Been from the Earth   Chapter 7. That before This Time Many Other Comets Appeared and Were Observed Not in the Air, but in the Upper Heaven   Chapter 8. What Aristotle and Other Philosophers Might Have Been Missing That Led Them to Think About Comets the Wrong Way   Chapter 9. Several Questions Concerning Comets in General, and What Follows from Them   Appendix 1. Can Comets Be Predicted?   Appendix 2. Draft of a Letter to Duke Johann Friedrich to Apologize for the Delay in Presenting the Requested Report    Bibliography  Index of Biblical Passages  Index of Names","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210830405975,"sku":"9789004472198","price":114.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/michael-maestlin-s-manuscript-treatise-on-the-comet-of-1618-an-edition-and-translation-of-manuscript-wlb-stuttgart-cod-math-4o-15b-nr-8-9789004472198","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}