Vybrané astronomické tisky rudolfínské doby

• Authors: Alena Hadravová

Title variants

EN

Selected Printed Books on Astronomy from the Rudolphine Period

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The article outlines the book culture of the Rudolphine period on the examples of several works by Tycho Brahe (Instruments of the Renewed Astronomy), Johannes Kepler (Somnium: The Dream, or Posthumous Work on Lunar Astronomy; Conversation with the Starry Messenger) and Galileo Galilei (The Starry Messenger). It is based on both research outcomes that have already been published and those that are being prepared for printing.

Keywords

EN

History of medieval astronomy; history of early modern astronomy; Cristannus de Prachaticz; Pavel Žídek (Paulerinus); Tycho Brahe; Johannes Kep; Galileo Galilei

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Library of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
• Journal: Knihy a dějiny (Books and history)
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 20
• Pages: 31-43
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Alena Hadravová

• Knihovna AV ČR, v.v.i., Národní 1009/3, 115 22 Praha 1, Czech Republic