Alessandro Piccolomini's Early Astronomical Works: II. An Examination of Their Scientific Content
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Alessandro Piccolomini's Early Astronomical Works: II. An Examination of Their Scientific Content
Dekker, Elly
Springer International Publishing AG
08/2024
267
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9783031563294
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1. De la Sfera del Mondo: an exploration of Piccolomini's universe.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Piccolomini and the motion of the solar apogee.- 1.3 The sizes of the planets and their distances from the Earth.- 1.4 Concluding remarks.- 2. De le Stelle Fisse: teaching the constellations.- 2.1 Historical notes.- 2.2 Piccolomini's method.- 2.3 Piccolomini's new invention.- 2.4 Concluding remarks.- 3. Manuscript notes made by readers of De le Stelle Fisse.- 3.1 Cartographical uses: a 1553 edition of De le Stelle Fisse in the Museo Galileo, Florence.- 3.1.1 The coordinate grids.- 3.1.2 Use of the maps to chart the path of the comet of 1652-53.- 3.2 Use of the maps to outline constellation figures: a 1570 edition from the Collegio Romano.- 4. The maps in De le Stelle Fisse.- 4.1 Introduction to the maps.- 4.2 Construction of the maps.- 4.3 The globe hypothesis.- 4.4 Piccolomini's system for indicating direction and orientation.- 5. The Tables in De le Stelle Fisse.- 5.1 An introduction to Piccolomini's Tables.- 5.2 The daily motion of a star: the relationship between altitude and azimuth.- 5.3 Calculating zenith distance and azimuth.- 5.4 Piccolomini's Tables and the motion of the Sun.- 5.5 Concluding remarks.- 6. Simultaneous risings and settings in De le Stelle Fisse.- Appendix I: The constellation guide.- Appendix II: Map features in the different editions of De le Stelle Fisse.- Appendix III: Explanations of the names and terms used.- Bibliography.- Index.
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Teaching of astronomy in 16th-century Italy;History of astronomy (16th century);Celestial cartography;Sacrobosco, De Sphaera;Laudomia Forteguerri;Italian Academies of the 16th century;Book trade and publishing in 16th-century Venice;Women's education/reading in the Renaissance;The 'vulgarisation' of scientific texts in the 16th century
1. De la Sfera del Mondo: an exploration of Piccolomini's universe.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Piccolomini and the motion of the solar apogee.- 1.3 The sizes of the planets and their distances from the Earth.- 1.4 Concluding remarks.- 2. De le Stelle Fisse: teaching the constellations.- 2.1 Historical notes.- 2.2 Piccolomini's method.- 2.3 Piccolomini's new invention.- 2.4 Concluding remarks.- 3. Manuscript notes made by readers of De le Stelle Fisse.- 3.1 Cartographical uses: a 1553 edition of De le Stelle Fisse in the Museo Galileo, Florence.- 3.1.1 The coordinate grids.- 3.1.2 Use of the maps to chart the path of the comet of 1652-53.- 3.2 Use of the maps to outline constellation figures: a 1570 edition from the Collegio Romano.- 4. The maps in De le Stelle Fisse.- 4.1 Introduction to the maps.- 4.2 Construction of the maps.- 4.3 The globe hypothesis.- 4.4 Piccolomini's system for indicating direction and orientation.- 5. The Tables in De le Stelle Fisse.- 5.1 An introduction to Piccolomini's Tables.- 5.2 The daily motion of a star: the relationship between altitude and azimuth.- 5.3 Calculating zenith distance and azimuth.- 5.4 Piccolomini's Tables and the motion of the Sun.- 5.5 Concluding remarks.- 6. Simultaneous risings and settings in De le Stelle Fisse.- Appendix I: The constellation guide.- Appendix II: Map features in the different editions of De le Stelle Fisse.- Appendix III: Explanations of the names and terms used.- Bibliography.- Index.
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Teaching of astronomy in 16th-century Italy;History of astronomy (16th century);Celestial cartography;Sacrobosco, De Sphaera;Laudomia Forteguerri;Italian Academies of the 16th century;Book trade and publishing in 16th-century Venice;Women's education/reading in the Renaissance;The 'vulgarisation' of scientific texts in the 16th century
