The astronomical tables of Giovanni Bianchini [electronic resource] / by José Chabás and Bernard R. Goldstein.

ISBN:

9789047429593

9789004176157

Title:

The astronomical tables of Giovanni Bianchini [electronic resource] / by José Chabás and Bernard R. Goldstein.

Author:

Chabás, José, 1948-

Personal Author:

Chabás, José, 1948-

Publication Information:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 141 pages) : illustrations.

Series:

History of science and medicine library, v. 12

Medieval and early modern science ; v. 10

Contents:

Preface; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter One. Giovanni Bianchini: Life and Work; Chapter Two. Analysis of the tables; Notation; References; Index.

Local Note:

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Personal Subject:

Bianchini, Giovanni, active 15th century.

Title Subject:

Alphonsine Tables.

Alphonsine Tables. (OCoLC)fst01399096

Subject Term:

Ephemerides -- History -- 15th century.

Astronomy, Medieval.

Added Author:

Goldstein, Bernard R.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2009

Publication Information:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

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The Alfonsine Tables became the main computing tool for astronomers for about 250 years, from their compilation in Toledo ca. 1272 to the edition in 1551 of new tables based on Copernicus's astronomical models. It consisted of a set of astronomical tables which, over time, was presented in many different formats. Giovanni Bianchini (d. after 1469), an astronomer active in Ferrara, Italy, was among the few scholars of that extended period to compile a coherent and insightful set based on the Alfonsine Tables. His tables, described and analyzed here for the first time, played a remarkable role in the transmission of the Alfonsine Tables and in their transition from manuscript to print.

Medieval and Early Modern Science , 10

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