Kepler's Geometrical Cosmology (Bloomsbury Academic Collections: Philosophy)

"Kepler is a key figure in the development of modern astronomy. His work is also important in the history of philosophy and methodology of science as a whole. The present study is concerned with one of Kepler's major preoccupations, namely his search for the geometrical plan according to which God created the Universe. The author discusses how Kepler's cosmological theories, which embrace music and astrology as well as astronomy, are related to his other work. The subject will be of great interest to historians of science, mathematicians and astronomers as well as to historians of the late Renaissance."--Bloomsbury Publishing. General Notes 14 Preface 15 Introduction 17 I Platonic Science 21 II The Size of the Universe and theStatus of the Sun 37 III Mysterium Cosmographicum 1596 50 IV Mysterium Cosmographicum 1621 93 V Harmonices Mundi Libri V 116 VI Conclusions 187 Appendix 1 Diameters of stars 211 Appendix 2 Radii of the circumsphere and insphere of the cube 215 Appendix 3 Radii of circumcircles and incircles of regular polygons 217 Appendix 4 Kepler and the rhombic solids 221 Notes 240 Glossary 247 Select Bibliography 249 Addenda to Bibliography 255 Index 257 Página em branco 3 9781472507037,KEPLER’S,GEOMETRICAL,COSMOLOGY 9781472507037 KEPLER’S GEOMETRICAL COSMOLOGY