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This volume addresses the history and epistemology of early modern
cosmology. The authors reconstruct the development of cosmological
ideas in the age of 'scientific revolution' from Copernicus to
Leibniz, taking into account the growth of a unified
celestial-and-terrestrial mechanics. The volume investigates how,
in the rise of the new science, cosmology displayed deep and
multifaceted interrelations between scientific notions (stemming
from mechanics, mathematics, geometry, astronomy) and philosophical
concepts. These were employed to frame a general picture of the
universe, as well as to criticize and interpret scientific notions
and observational data. This interdisciplinary work reconstructs a
conceptual web pervaded by various intellectual attitudes and
drives. It presents an historical-epistemological unified itinerary
which includes Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Huygens,
Newton and Leibniz. For each of the scientists and philosophers, a
presentation and commentary is made of their cosmological views,
and where relevant, outlines of their most relevant physical
concepts are given. Furthermore, the authors highlight the
philosophical and epistemological implications of their scientific
works. This work is helpful both as a synthetic overview of early
modern cosmology, and an analytical exposition of the elements that
were intertwined in early-modern cosmology. This book addresses
historians, philosophers, and scientists and can also be used as a
research source book by post-graduate students in epistemology,
history of science and history of philosophy.
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