Richard Kremer, Jaroslaw Wlodarczyk (eds) — Copernicus and Astronomy. Continuity, Reform, and Dissemination

, Brepols, 2026 Hardback, 362 pages, Size:178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:66 b/w, 15 col., 9 tables b/w., Language: English. ISBN 9782503623399. Summary The studies collected in this book focus on three main themes. The first theme addressed is geocentric astronomy, its methods and the twists and turns of its evolution, beginning with the classical form given to it by Claudius Ptolemy in the second century CE to the astronomy taught at medieval and renaissance universities and practiced in independent research centers, such as Nuremberg, and therefore the astronomy which Copernicus had studied before he developed his own world model. The theme also encompasses research on the development of astronomy outside Europe and the influence of astronomical treatises originating in Islamic countries on European science. The second theme focuses specifically on Copernicus's work and on attempts to identify the original impulse which spurred the creation of heliocentric astronomy. The third theme is an overview of the early reception of heliocentric astronomy in Europe, both with regard to cosmological concepts and mathematical solutions originating in De revolutionibus, and an analysis of the influence of Copernicus's planetary models on the procedures for calculating astronomical tables. The book thus aims to create a multidimensional synthesis of modern Copernican research. TABLE OF CONTENTS Abbreviations List of Figures List of Tables Preface The Genius of Nicholas Copernicus: An Islamic Perspective F. Jamil Ragep Sizes, Distances, and Order: Celestial Reckoning in Late Medieval Islam Sally P. Ragep Heliocentric Bias in Ptolemaic Astronomy: The Curious Case of a Diagram Sajjad Nikfahm-Khubravan Astronomical Monsters before Copernicus: Regiomontanus's Criticisms of Ptolemaic Modeling in the Defensio Theonis contra Georgium Trapezuntium Michael H. Shank Homocentric Astronomy and Copernicus Robert G. Morrison Prudentia and Astronomical Practices: John of Lignères Account in the Introduction to the Tabule magne Matthieu Husson The Equation of Time and Ptolemy's Medieval Followers Henry Zepeda The Place of the Parisian Alfonsine Tables in Late Byzantine Astronomy Anne-Laurence Caudano Copernicus and Astrology: Remarks on the State of the Question Robert S. Westman The Motivation and Trajectory of Copernicus's Early 'Homocentric' Planetary 'Models' André Goddu The Edition of the Diagrams of Copernicus's De revolutionibus Diego Pelegrin and Christián Carlos Carman The Initial Reception of Copernicus in Spain: From Jerónimo de Chaves and Jerónimo Muñoz to Diego de Mesa and Juan Cedillo Díaz Miguel Ángel Granada Reframing Copernicus's Earth-Moon cognatio: From Similarities to Evidence in Favor of Heliocentrism Natacha Fabbri Each in His Own Way: Struggling with Heliocentrism within the Academy of the Linceans (1603-1630) Federica Favino Index of Names List of Contributors