As Big as a Universe: Johannes Kepler on the Immensities of Stars and of Divine Power
Johannes Kepler accepted Tycho Brahe's claim that the Copernican hypothesis required all stars to be giant, something Brahe found absurd. Kepler argued in his De Stella Nova that some stars were larger than Brahe's size for the entire universe. He also used the issue of star sizes to argue...
Published in: | The catholic historical review |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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The Catholic University of America Press
2019
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The catholic historical review
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kepler, Johannes 1571-1630
/ Brahe, Tycho 1546-1601
/ Heliocentric system
/ Star
/ Size
/ God
/ Power
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IxTheo Classification: | CF Christianity and Science KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history NBC Doctrine of God |
Further subjects: | B
heliocentrism
B Francesco Ingoli B Giordano Bruno B Sun B Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601 B Astronomy; Religious aspects B Copernicus B Heliocentric model (Astronomy) B Ingoli, Francesco, 1578-1649 B Tyco Brahe B Johannes Kepler B Bruno, Giordano, 1548-1600 B Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630 B star size argument |
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