Nicole Oresme's De visione stellarum (On seeing the stars) :: a critical edition of Oresme's treatise on optics and atmospheric refraction /

A translation of "On Seeing the Stars", Nicole Oresme's 14th-century treatise on atmospheric refraction, in which Oresme uses optics and infinitesimals to help solve the problem of astronomy, while proposing that light travels along a curve through the atmosphere.

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1. Verfasser: Oresme, Nicole, approximately 1320-1382
Weitere Verfasser: Burton, Dan
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Latin
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Schriftenreihe:History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern science ; v. 7.
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Zusammenfassung:A translation of "On Seeing the Stars", Nicole Oresme's 14th-century treatise on atmospheric refraction, in which Oresme uses optics and infinitesimals to help solve the problem of astronomy, while proposing that light travels along a curve through the atmosphere.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 319 pages :)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-282) and indexes.
ISBN:9789047410898
9047410890
1281400513
9781281400512
9786611400514
6611400516

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