The Comet of 1577: Its Place in the History of Astronomy / Clarisse Doris Hellman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hellman, Clarisse Doris, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1944]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Illustrates the effect of the comet of 1577 on astronomical thought to show that the observations of the comet brought about a change in the opinions regarding comets and marked an increased interest in and a greater number of observations of comets.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I. COMETARY THEORY TO THE END OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY

CHAPTER II. COMETARY THEORYFROMTHEBEGINNINGOFTHEFIFTEENTHCENTURYTO1577

CHAPTER III.THE COMET OF 1577: BELIEVERS IN ITS SUPRA-LUNARPOSITION

CHAPTER IV. THE COMET OF 1577: THOSE WHOSE COMPUTATIONS OF ITS PARALLAX PLACED THE COMET BENEATH THE MOON

CHAPTER V. THE COMET OF 1577: MEN WITH A SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND WHO MADE NO ATTEMPT TO MEAS-URE THE COMET'S DISTANCE

CHAPTER VI. THE COMET OF 1577: PREACHERS AND POETS WHO USED THE COMET MERELY AS A THEME TO FURTHER THEIR OWN PURPOSE

CHAPTER VII. THE COMET OF 1577: TRACTS BY PERSONS OF GENERAL CULTURE, ILLUSTRATING THE WIDESPREAD INTEREST IN NATURE

CHAPTER VIII. THE COMET OF 1577: AUTHORS WHOSE TRACTS WERE PRIMARILY ASTROLOGICAL AND PREDICATORY

CHAPTER IX. CONCLUSION

APPENDIX. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TRACTS AND TREATISES ON THE COMET OF 1577

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF REFERENCES

INDEX

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89265-9

OCLC:

1100435643