Nicole Oresme's De visione stellarum (On seeing the stars) a critical edition of Oresme's treatise on optics and atmospheric refraction
A translation of "On Seeing the Stars", Nicole Oresme's 14th-century treatise on atmospheric refraction, in which Oresme uses optics and infinitesimals to help solve the problem of astronomy, while proposing that light travels along a curve through the atmosphere.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill
2007.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Medieval and early modern science ; v. 7. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31598079*spi |
| Sumario: | A translation of "On Seeing the Stars", Nicole Oresme's 14th-century treatise on atmospheric refraction, in which Oresme uses optics and infinitesimals to help solve the problem of astronomy, while proposing that light travels along a curve through the atmosphere. |
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| Notas: | Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Indiana University, 2000. |
| Descripción Física: | xii, 319 p. : il |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [245]-282) e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9789047410898 |
