Kepler's New Star (1604) : Context and Controversy.

Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Straight Paths and Evanescent Bodies: The Physics and Dynamics of Celestial Novelties in Kepler's De stella nova -- Chapter 2 Of Mites and Men (and Stars): Kepler on the Question of Star Sizes in De stella nova -- Chapter 3 The Measure of the Universe in De stella nova -- Chapter 4 Celestial Novelty and the Science of the Stars: Kepler vs. Krabbe on Accuracy and Authority in Early Modern Germany -- Chapter 5 Stars, Crystals and Courts: Johannes Kepler and Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt -- Chapter 6 Kepler's Astrological Play -- Chapter 7 The Nova of 1600 in Cygnus and the Christianization of the Constellations -- Chapter 8 Epicurean Astronomy? Atomistic and Corpuscular Stars in Kepler's Century -- Chapter 9 The Correspondence of Clavius, Dal Monte, Magini and Other Italian Astronomers on the Nova of 1604 -- Chapter 10 The Scientific Legacy of Kepler's 'Stella Nova' -- Bibliography -- Index of Persons -- Index of Places.

By examining the pressing questions the supernova of 1604 prompted, Kepler's New Star traces the enduring impact of Kepler and his star on the course of modern science.

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