The Making of Copernicus: Early Modern Transformations of a Scientist and his Science

ISBN-13: 9789004281103 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 332 str.

Wolfgang Neuber;Claus Zittel;Thomas Rahn

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The contributors to Making of Copernicus examine by the study of particular examples how some of the myths surrounding Copernicus came about and whether they have held their validity or have vanished altogether. Are there links between a real or postulated transformation of images of the world and the application of metaphors in science, especially the metaphor of scientific revolution? What were the interactions and conflations in science and literature that led to Copernicus being set on a pedestal or being cast down from it, and how did they come about? Is there on the other hand any fallout from reconstructions and hagiographies in the history of science on the literary image of Copernicus presented by novelists down into the 20th century? Papers deal with the history of the reception of Copernicus not by affirming or rejecting him and his teachings, but as rather as a process of transformation. They thus examine transformations of his doctrine: methodological, institutional, textual and visual - and transformations of the historical personage of Copernicus: topical, rhetorical, and literary. Contributors are: Lucia Ayala, Tamas Demeter, Dana Jalobeanu, Jorg Jungmayr, Stefan Kirschner, Sergius Kodera, Andreas Kuhne, Wolfgang Neuber, Thomas Rahn, Steffen Schneider, Jonathan Schuz, Gereon Wolters, and Claus Zittel.