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Fictions of the Cosmos

- Science and Literature in the Seventeenth Century

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By examining writings of Kepler, Godwin, Hooke, Cyrano, Cavendish, Fontenelle, and others, this title shows that it was through the telling of stories - such as accounts of celestial journeys - that the Copernican hypothesis, for example, found an ontological weight that its geometric models did not provide.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780226011226
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 272
  • Udgivet:
  • 15. November 2011
  • Størrelse:
  • 236x153x18 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 514 g.
  • Ukendt - mangler pt..

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By examining writings of Kepler, Godwin, Hooke, Cyrano, Cavendish, Fontenelle, and others, this title shows that it was through the telling of stories - such as accounts of celestial journeys - that the Copernican hypothesis, for example, found an ontological weight that its geometric models did not provide.

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