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- Title
OSSERVAZIONI SULLA TRADIZIONE DEGLI HOMOCENTRICA DI GIROLAMO FRACASTORO.
- Authors
Cibei, Gabriella
- Abstract
The article analyzes the works of the fifteenth century Venetian Girolamo Fracastoro on the topic of the homocentric model. The article begins with the history of the homocentric system of astronomy as taught at the University of Padua in Italy. It then discusses the critical reception of Fracastoro's work entitled "Homocentrica" and provides excerpts of letters from editors on the text. The article then discusses the various editions of "Homocentrica" and corrections made throughout the years of its publication.
- Subjects
PADUA (Italy); ITALY; ANTHROPOCENTRISM; FRACASTORO, Girolamo, 1478-1553; SPACE sciences; UNIVERSITA di Padova; HISTORY
- Publication
Quaderni per la storia della Universita di Padova, 2004, Vol 37, p31
- ISSN
0078-7760
- Publication type
Article