View in EDS PDF Full Text

Kepler's Cosmological Synthesis : Astrology, Mechanism and the Soul

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Title: Kepler's Cosmological Synthesis : Astrology, Mechanism and the Soul
Description: The cosmology of Johannes Kepler remains a mystery. On the one hand, Kepler's speculations on spiritual faculties are seen as the remnants of Renaissance philosophy. On the other, his comparison of the cosmos to a clock summons the mechanical metaphor that shaped modern science. This book explores the inseparable connections between Kepler's vitalistic views and his more enduring accomplishments in astronomy. The key argument is that Kepler's ‘celestial biology'served as a bridge between his revolutionary astronomy and other ‘less scientific'interests, particularly astrology. Kepler's Cosmological Synthesis sheds new light on one of the foundational figures of the Scientific Revolution. By uncovering a new form of coherence in Kepler's world picture, it traces the unlikely intersections of mechanism and vitalism that transformed the fabric of the heavens.
Authors: Patrick J. Boner
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Astronomy--History, Cosmology--History
Categories: HISTORY / Europe / General, SCIENCE / History
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
FullText Links:
  – Type: ebook-pdf
Text:
  Availability: 0
Header DbId: nlebk
DbLabel: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
An: 603868
RelevancyScore: 1051
AccessLevel: 6
PubType: eBook
PubTypeId: ebook
PreciseRelevancyScore: 1050.81640625
IllustrationInfo
ImageInfo – Size: thumb
  Target: https://rps2images.ebscohost.com/rpsweb/othumb?id=NL$603868$PDF&s=r
– Size: medium
  Target: https://rps2images.ebscohost.com/rpsweb/othumb?id=NL$603868$PDF&s=d
Items – Name: Title
  Label: Title
  Group: Ti
  Data: Kepler's Cosmological Synthesis : Astrology, Mechanism and the Soul
– Name: Abstract
  Label: Description
  Group: Ab
  Data: The cosmology of Johannes Kepler remains a mystery. On the one hand, Kepler's speculations on spiritual faculties are seen as the remnants of Renaissance philosophy. On the other, his comparison of the cosmos to a clock summons the mechanical metaphor that shaped modern science. This book explores the inseparable connections between Kepler's vitalistic views and his more enduring accomplishments in astronomy. The key argument is that Kepler's ‘celestial biology'served as a bridge between his revolutionary astronomy and other ‘less scientific'interests, particularly astrology. Kepler's Cosmological Synthesis sheds new light on one of the foundational figures of the Scientific Revolution. By uncovering a new form of coherence in Kepler's world picture, it traces the unlikely intersections of mechanism and vitalism that transformed the fabric of the heavens.
– Name: Author
  Label: Authors
  Group: Au
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Patrick+J%2E+Boner%22">Patrick J. Boner</searchLink>
– Name: TypePub
  Label: Resource Type
  Group: TypPub
  Data: eBook.
– Name: Subject
  Label: Subjects
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Astronomy--History%22">Astronomy--History</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Cosmology--History%22">Cosmology--History</searchLink>
– Name: SubjectBISAC
  Label: Categories
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22HISTORY+%2F+Europe+%2F+General%22">HISTORY / Europe / General</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22SCIENCE+%2F+History%22">SCIENCE / History</searchLink>
PLink https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=603868
RecordInfo BibRecord:
  BibEntity:
    Classifications:
      – Code: 523.1092
        Scheme: ddc
        Type: prePub
    Languages:
      – Code: eng
        Text: English
    Subjects:
      – SubjectFull: Astronomy--History
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Cosmology--History
        Type: general
    Titles:
      – TitleFull: Kepler's Cosmological Synthesis : Astrology, Mechanism and the Soul
        Type: main
  BibRelationships:
    HasContributorRelationships:
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Patrick J. Boner
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Patrick J. Boner
    IsPartOfRelationships:
      – BibEntity:
          Dates:
            – D: 01
              M: 01
              Type: published
              Y: 2013
            – D: 04
              M: 02
              Type: profile
              Y: 2014
          Identifiers:
            – Type: isbn-print
              Value: 9789004246089
            – Type: isbn-electronic
              Value: 9789004246096
          Numbering:
            – Type: volume
              Value: 00020
          Titles:
            – TitleFull: Kepler's Cosmological Synthesis : Astrology, Mechanism and the Soul
              Type: main
ResultId 1