Trepidation spheres: variant representations of the eighth sphere and the debate about the movement of the apogees and the fixed stars in Alfonsine astronomy

DOI10.1111/1600-0498.12412zbMATH Open1547.01016MaRDI QIDQ6604596FDOQ6604596

Authors: Samuel Gessner 

Publication date: 12 September 2024

Published in: Centaurus (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

Alfonsine astronomy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40)

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