Cardano's cosmos : the worlds and works of a Renaissance astrologer / Anthony Grafton.
Cardano's cosmos : the worlds and works of a Renaissance astrologer / Anthony Grafton.
Cardano's cosmos : the worlds and works of a Renaissance astrologer / Anthony Grafton.
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 1999.
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Date
1999.
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N133.5092/2
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English
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xii, 284 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. The Master of Time -- 2. The Astrologer's Practice -- 3. The Prognosticator -- 4. The Astrologer -- 5. Becoming an Author -- 6. Astrologers in Collision -- 7. The Astrologer as Political Counselor -- 8. Classical Astrology Restored -- 9. Rival Disciplines Explored -- 10. Cardano on Cardano -- 11....
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 1999.
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England
Date Published
1999.
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"Girolamo Cardano was an Italian doctor, natural philosopher, and mathematician who became a best-selling author in Renaissance Europe. He was also a leading astrologer of his day, whose predictions won him access to some of the most powerful people in sixteenth-century Europe. In Cardano's Cosmos, Anthony Grafton invites readers to follow this ast...
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Cardano's cosmos : the worlds and works of a Renaissance astrologer / Anthony Grafton.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N133.5092/2
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0674006704 (pbk.)
9780674095557 :
0674095553 :
9780674095557 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0674095553 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780674095557
0674095553
9780674095557 (hbk.)
0674095553 (hbk.)
9780674006706 (pbk.)
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133.5092
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