The Wittich Connection

The Wittich Connection
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Publisher : American Philosophical Society
Total Pages : 160
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ISBN-10 : 0871697874
ISBN-13 : 9780871697875
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Download or read book The Wittich Connection written by Owen Gingerich and published by American Philosophical Society. This book was released on 1988 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: Introduction; (1) The Libraries of Tycho Brahe & of Paul Wittich: The Misleading Attribution of the Copernican Annotations; Master Paul Wittich; Tycho's Attempts to Acquire Wittich's Library; & The Prague Tychoniana; (2) Wittich's Copernican Annotations: Reinhold's Annotations & the Liege "De revolutionibus"; The Vatican Wittich Copy; The Prague & Wroclaw Wittich Copies; & Why Annotate Four Copes of "De revolutionibus"?; (3) Reconstructing the Universe: Tycho's Early Transformations & Wittich's Visit; A Theft in the Castle?: Thycho's "Legal Brief" on the Ursus Affair, & Ursus' Account & Kepler's Interpretation; & Constructing Tycho's Cosmology. Appendix: The Vatican Annotations; & Wittich's Obituary in "Silesia Togata." Illus.


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