Philosophy
Abstract...
The structure, formation and evolution of the Universe were some of the main topics in the scientific debates during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe. They involved novel ideas on the cosmos, which concerned aspects that were not considered before so emphatically, and which were fundamental for the future development of astronomy. This paper presents a brief account of several milestones within the gradual definition of pre-galactic systems: the historical role of the tradition of the plurality of worlds, the significance of Descartes, and the introduction of the Milky Way and nebulae in the discourses around the cosmic structure.
"Worlds and Systems in Early Modern Europe" by Luc´ıa Ayala
- Science, Philosophy, Cosmology
Cosmology is the attempt to understand in scientific terms the structure and evolution of the universe as a whole. This ambition has been with us since the ancient Greeks, even if the developments in modern cosmology have provided a picture of the universe...
- Observational Cosmology...edwin Hubble And Harlow Shapley
Abstract: Observational cosmology of the first decades of the Twentieth Century was dominated by two giants: Edwin Hubble and Harlow Shapley. Hubble's major contributions were to the study and classification of individual galaxies with large telescopes,...
- "smalt"...an Art Phenomena
Ground glass used in paint pigments?--yep. Renaissance artists used ground cobalt containing glass to add vibrancy to their paintings. Smalt is "...a ground blue potassium glass containing cobalt used among the 15th and the 18th centuries. In Europe...
- Astronomy: Classic Debates
Being the year of astronomy it would be worthwhile to review some of the great debates of the past: The 1921 debate between Harlow Shapley and Herber Curtis in 1921 and the cosmological debates of the 1930s and 1940s. Of the latter from the Stanford...
- Vintage Astronomy Texts
Some nostalgic, vintage astronomy texts... Aristotle On the Heavens Ball, R. S. Great Astronomers Bethe, Hans "Supernovae" Brahe, Tycho Astronomicall Coniectur [A New Star] Copernicus, Nicolaus De Revolutionibus Orbium...
Philosophy
17th and 18th centuries cosmology
Abstract...
The structure, formation and evolution of the Universe were some of the main topics in the scientific debates during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe. They involved novel ideas on the cosmos, which concerned aspects that were not considered before so emphatically, and which were fundamental for the future development of astronomy. This paper presents a brief account of several milestones within the gradual definition of pre-galactic systems: the historical role of the tradition of the plurality of worlds, the significance of Descartes, and the introduction of the Milky Way and nebulae in the discourses around the cosmic structure.
"Worlds and Systems in Early Modern Europe" by Luc´ıa Ayala
- Science, Philosophy, Cosmology
Cosmology is the attempt to understand in scientific terms the structure and evolution of the universe as a whole. This ambition has been with us since the ancient Greeks, even if the developments in modern cosmology have provided a picture of the universe...
- Observational Cosmology...edwin Hubble And Harlow Shapley
Abstract: Observational cosmology of the first decades of the Twentieth Century was dominated by two giants: Edwin Hubble and Harlow Shapley. Hubble's major contributions were to the study and classification of individual galaxies with large telescopes,...
- "smalt"...an Art Phenomena
Ground glass used in paint pigments?--yep. Renaissance artists used ground cobalt containing glass to add vibrancy to their paintings. Smalt is "...a ground blue potassium glass containing cobalt used among the 15th and the 18th centuries. In Europe...
- Astronomy: Classic Debates
Being the year of astronomy it would be worthwhile to review some of the great debates of the past: The 1921 debate between Harlow Shapley and Herber Curtis in 1921 and the cosmological debates of the 1930s and 1940s. Of the latter from the Stanford...
- Vintage Astronomy Texts
Some nostalgic, vintage astronomy texts... Aristotle On the Heavens Ball, R. S. Great Astronomers Bethe, Hans "Supernovae" Brahe, Tycho Astronomicall Coniectur [A New Star] Copernicus, Nicolaus De Revolutionibus Orbium...