ISBN:
9780199754793
Language:
English
Pages:
XVIII, 394 S.
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Ill.
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24 cm
Year of publication:
2013
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Brown, Jeremy New heavens and a new earth
DDC:
296.3/75
Keywords:
Copernicus, Nicolaus
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Copernicus, Nicolaus 1473-1543
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Kopernikus, Nikolaus *1473-1543*
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Astronomy Religious aspects
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Judaism
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History
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Judaism and science
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Judaism and science
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Astronomy Religious aspects
;
Judaism
;
History
;
Rezeption
;
Judentum
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Kopernikus, Nikolaus 1473-1543
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Rezeption
;
Judentum
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapt. 1. Nicolas Copernicus and his revolutionChapt. 2. The Talmudic view of the universe -- Chapt. 3. David Gans and the first mention of Copernicus in Hebrew literature -- Chapt. 4. The first Jewish Copernican: Rabbi Joseph Solomon Delmedigo -- Chapt. 5. Copernicus is the son of Satan: the first Jewish rejections of Copernicus -- Chapt. 6. David Nieto and Copernicanism in London -- Chapt. 7. The Jewish encyclopedias -- Chapt. 8. The eighteenth century: Jews and Copernicus in the Newtonian era -- Chapt. 10. The nineteenth century: Copernicus without hesitation -- Chapt. 11. Let Copernicus and a thousand like him be removed from the world: Reuven Landau's rejection -- Chapt. 12. The modern period -- Chapt. 13. Relativity and contemporary Jewish geocentrists -- Chapt. 14. Conclusions.
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapt. 1. Nicolas Copernicus and his revolution -- Chapt. 2. The Talmudic view of the universe -- Chapt. 3. David Gans and the first mention of Copernicus in Hebrew literature -- Chapt. 4. The first Jewish Copernican: Rabbi Joseph Solomon Delmedigo -- Chapt. 5. Copernicus is the son of Satan: the first Jewish rejections of Copernicus -- Chapt. 6. David Nieto and Copernicanism in London -- Chapt. 7. The Jewish encyclopedias -- Chapt. 8. The eighteenth century: Jews and Copernicus in the Newtonian era -- Chapt. 10. The nineteenth century: Copernicus without hesitation -- Chapt. 11. Let Copernicus and a thousand like him be removed from the world: Reuven Landau's rejection -- Chapt. 12. The modern period -- Chapt. 13. Relativity and contemporary Jewish geocentrists -- Chapt. 14. Conclusions.
Note:
Literaturverz. S. 369 - 384
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Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:2013
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