The Sun in the Church Cathedrals as Solar Observatories Tapa dura - 1999

Harvard University Press, October 1999. Hardcover . Very Good/Very Good. Between 1650 and 1750, four Catholic churches were the best solar observatories in the world. Built to fix an unquestionable date for Easter, they also housed instruments that threw light on the disputed geometry of the solar system, and so, within sight of the altar, subverted Church doctrine about the order of the universe. A tale of politically canny astronomers and cardinals with a taste for mathematics, 'The Sun in the Church' tells how these observatories came to be, how they worked, and what they accomplished. It describes Galileo's political overreaching, his subsequent trial for heresy, and his slow and steady rehabilitation in the eyes of the Catholic Church. And it offers an enlightening perspective on astronomy, Church history, and religious architecture, as well as an analysis of measurements testing the limits of attainable accuracy, undertaken with rudimentary means and extraordinary zeal. Above… Leer más

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1999. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Former owner name on front endpaper, blind stamp on half title page, crease to dedication page. mild wear to dust jacket.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 4to. 366 pp. We specialize in fine books in collectible condition. Orders are professionaly packaged and shipped promptly. M40 .

Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1999. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science & Technology; Astronomy; Religion. ISBN: 0674854330. ISBN/EAN: 9780674854338. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 24268. . 9780674854338

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999. Cloth, ix, 366 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket, with a creased front flap, protected in a mylar cover. "Through much of the Scientific Revolution, between 1650 and 1750, Catholic churches were the best solar observatories in the world. Constructed initially to solve the pressing problem of providing an unquestionable date for Easter, the instruments that made the churches' observatories also threw light on the disputed geometry of the solar system. A tale of politically canny astronomers and cardinals with a taste for mathematics, The Sun in the Church explains the unlikely accomplishments of the Church-sponsored observers. It engagingly describes Galileo's political overreaching, his subsequent trial for heresy, and his slow and steady rehabilitation in the eyes of the Catholic Church. Despite the Church's prohibition against advocating sun-centered astronomy, Italian clerics managed to teach and… Leer más

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Large octavo, red cloth spine over cream paper covered boards with gilt title and spine titles. 366 pp. including extensive index, notes and bibliography. Illustrated throughout with black and white diagrams, reproductions, drawings and mathematical proofs. A history of the intersection of science and theology in the Roman Catholic church and its influences on both endeavors, along with details of scientific theories and mathematical proofs of cosmological theories..

Harvard University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Cambridge: Harvard, 1999. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Ex lib. (ix) 366 pages, b/w illustrations in text, color plates, appendices, abbreviations, works cited, notes, credits, index; 8vo, original white boards/red cloth. Libray label title page, pocket, withdrawn stamp, very good; contents fine; dust jacket very good+, no marks.

Brand: Harvard University Press, 1999-10-15. 2nd prt. hardcover. Used: Good.

Harvard University Press. New in New dust jacket. 1999. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0674854330 . This specific hardback book is in new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in new condition. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "A tale of politically canny astronomers and cardinals with a taste for mathematics, The Sun in the Church tells how these observatories came to be, how they worked, and what they accomplished. It describes Galileo's political overreaching, his subsequent trial for heresy, and his slow and steady rehabilitation in the eyes of the Catholic Church. And it offers an enlightening perspective on astronomy, Church history, and religious architecture, as well as an analysis of measurements testing the limits of attainable accuracy, undertaken with rudimentary means and… Leer más