From Influence to Inhabitation The Transformation of Astrobiology in the Early Modern Period /

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Hlavní autor: Christie, James E. (Autor)
Korporativní autor: SpringerLink (Online service)
Shrnutí:X, 215 p.
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Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Vydání:1st ed. 2019.
Edice:International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées, 228
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On-line přístup:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22169-0
Médium: Elektronický zdroj Kniha
Obsah:
  • 1. Introduction: Astrology, Extraterrestrial Life and Astrobiology
  • 2. Celestial Influence as an Aid to Pluralism from Antiquity to the Renaissance
  • 3. William Gilbert: Magnetism as Astrological Influence, and the Unification of the Terrestrial and Celestial Realms
  • 4. Johannes Kepler: A New Astronomy, Astrological Harmonies and Living Creatures
  • 5. Influence and/or Inhabitation: The Celestial Bodies between Kepler and Newton
  • 6. Influence and Inhabitation Opposed
  • 7. Conclusion.