Renaissance meteorology: Pomponazzi to Descartes

The epistemology of meteorology : conjecture and provisional knowledge -- The ends of weather : teleology in Renaissance meteorology -- The Ferrarese earthquakes and the employment of learned meteorology -- The chymistry of weather -- Niccolo Cabeo's meteorology as the basis for a new aristotel...

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Main Author: Martin, Craig 1972- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2011
In:Year: 2011
Reviews:[Rezension von: Martin, Craig, Renaissance Meteorology: Pomponazzi to Descartes] (2012) (Martin, Nathan)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Meteorology / Geschichte 17. Jh.
B Europe
Further subjects:B Science, Renaissance
B Physics Philosophy
B Meteorology History 17th century
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Summary:The epistemology of meteorology : conjecture and provisional knowledge -- The ends of weather : teleology in Renaissance meteorology -- The Ferrarese earthquakes and the employment of learned meteorology -- The chymistry of weather -- Niccolo Cabeo's meteorology as the basis for a new aristotelianism -- Causation and method in Cartesian meteorology
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [191] - 205) and index
ISBN:1421401878