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Harvard University Press 1999 Hardcover Very Good in Very Good jacket 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 all, the book illuminates the niches protected and financed by the Catholic Church in which science and mathematics thrived. Superbly written, 'The Sun in the Church' provides a magnificent corrective to long-standing oversimplified accounts of the hostility between science and religion. 'A fascinating history of astronomy that shows, as no other work has done so well, what happened to Italian science after Galileo's trial. An astonishing display of erudition and linguistic control, with a wealth of ...
Harvard University Press, October Date: 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 all, the book illuminates the niches protected and financed by the Catholic Church in which science and mathematics thrived. Superbly written, 'The Sun in the Church' provides a magnificent corrective to long-standing oversimplified accounts of the hostility between science and religion. 'A fascinating history of astronomy that shows, as no other work has done so well, what happened to Italian science after Galileo's trial. An astonishing display of erudit ...
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ISBN10: 0674854330, ISBN13: 9780674854338, [publisher: Harvard University Press] Hardcover Original larger hardcover in jacket, 366 pages, index, several b + w illustrations and photographs - a few in color. Condition: just light reference wear and fading to jacket spine and along edges. Very bright and solid. [Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]
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ISBN10: 0674854330, ISBN13: 9780674854338, [publisher: Harvard University Press October 1999] Hardcover 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 all, the book illuminates the niches protected and financed by the Catholic Church in which science and mathematics thrived. Superbly written, 'The Sun in the Church' provides a magnificent corrective to long-standing oversimplified accounts of the hostility between science and religion. 'A fascinating history of astronomy that shows, as no other work has done so well, what happened to Italian science after Galileo's trial. A ...
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Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, Date: 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 advance it. Heilbron describes, with dry wit, the diplomatic discretion on all sides that allowed them to do so." - Publisher.. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to. 1999. Harvard University Press ISBN 0674854330 9780674854338 [US]
ISBN10: 0674854330, ISBN13: 9780674854338, [publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA] Hardcover 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 advance it. Heilbron describes, with dry wit, the diplomatic discretion on all sides that allowed them to do so." - Publisher. Size: 4to [Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999] ...
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, Date: 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.. 1999. Harvard University Press ISBN 0674854330 9780674854338 [US]
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Cambridge: Harvard, Date: 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. Library label title page, pocket, withdrawn stamp, very good; contents fine; dust jacket very good+, no marks. 1999. Harvard ISBN 0674854330 9780674854338 [US]
ISBN10: 0674854330, ISBN13: 9780674854338, [publisher: Harvard, Cambridge] 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. Library label title page, pocket, withdrawn stamp, very good; contents fine; dust jacket very good+, no marks [Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]
ISBN10: 0674854330, ISBN13: 9780674854338, [publisher: Harvard University Press] Hardcover Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999. Second Printing. Octavo. ix, 366 pp. Quarter red and creme paper boards lettered in gilt at spine. Illustrated jacket. Light edge-wear. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. In mylar sleeve. [NEW HAVEN, CT, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]
ISBN10: 0674854330, ISBN13: 9780674854338, [publisher: Harvard University Press] Hardcover 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 all, the book illuminates the niches protected and financed by the Catholic Church in which science and mathematics thrived. Superbly written, The Sun in the Church provides a magnificent corrective to long-standing oversimplified accounts of the hostility between science and religion. 3.061 Centimeters X 18.4 Centimeters X 25.6 Centimeters [Auckland, AUCKL, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 1999]
ISBN10: 0674854330, ISBN13: 9780674854338, [publisher: Brand: Harvard University Press] Hardcover 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 all, the book illuminates the niches protected and financed by the Catholic Church in which science and mathematics thrived.Superbly written, The Sun in the Church provides a magnificent corrective to long-standing oversimplified accounts of the hostility between science and religion. [Houston, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]
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Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press 1999 First Edition Hardcover As New in As New jacket Book. 8vo-over 7æ-9æ" tall. Hardcover, royal octavo in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 366 pages. Bibliographical References, Index. Illustrated with drawings, engravings, diagrams tables and eight color plates. Presumed first edition with no additional printing listed on copyright page. The story of science and mathematics, aided and abetted by the Catholic Church, all in the shadow of Galileo's trial for heresy and the incremental undermining of the foundations of the faith. No previous ownership marks. A pristine, clean and like new copy. As new in an as new dust-jacket.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, Date: 1999. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, royal octavo in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 366 pages. Bibliographical References, Index. Illustrated with drawings, engravings, diagrams tables and eight color plates. Presumed first edition with no additional printing listed on copyright page. The story of science and mathematics, aided and abetted by the Catholic Church, all in the shadow of Galileo's trial for heresy and the incremental undermining of the foundations of the faith. No previous ownership marks. A pristine, clean and like new copy. As new in an as new dust-jacket. . 1999. Harvard University Press ISBN 0674854330 9780674854338 [US]
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ISBN10: 0674854330, ISBN13: 9780674854338, [publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA] Hardcover ix+366pp., Pictorial colour illustrated dustjacket with light crease inside front flap- covered in removable protective clear plastic, speckled white papered boards with red cloth spine, speckled white endpapers, ack., intro., col. & b/w plts. & illust. & text, diags., tables, appends., abbrev., notes, index. Through much of the Scientific Revolution, between 1650 and 1750, Catholic churches were the best solar observatories in the world. Combining brilliant writing with deep learning, The Sun in the Church corrects a long held oversimplifications about the hostility between science and religion. Size: Large Octavo [Melbourne, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 1999]
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