Robert S Westman
Biographic Data
| ID | 1063172 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert S Westman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert S |
| FAMILY NAME | Westman |
| SIGNATURE | WESTMAN R S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 98 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
How Did Copernicus Become a Copernican
Considerable historiographical controversy surrounds the question of why and how Copernicus decided to overturn the prevailing Earth-centered representation of the heavens. This essay summarizes some key elements of an explanation first laid out in The Copernican Question: Prognostication, Skepticism, and Celestial Order (2011) and subsequently expanded with further evidence in Copernicus and the Astrologers (2016). Copernicus's defining problem …
In Reply
A Copernican Renaissance
Reply to Michael Shank
Thinking Impossibilities: The Intellectual Legacy of Amos Funkenstein
Le monde des sphères. Volume 1: Genèse et triomphe d'une représentation cosmique . Michel-Pierre Lerner Le monde des sphères. Volume 2: La fin du cosmos classique . Michel-Pierre Lerner
Eloge: Amos Funkenstein, 9 March 1937-11 November 1995
Cremonini e Galilei inquisiti a Padova nel 1604: Nuovi documenti d'archivio. Antonino Poppi
Two Cultures or One: A Second Look at Kuhn's The Copernican Revolution
Reappraisals of the Scientific Revolution
The Duhemian historiographical project
Astrologi hallucinati: Stars and the End of the World in Luther's Time. Paola Zambelli
The Wittich Connection: Conflict and Priority in Late Sixteenth-Century Cosmology
Owen Gingerich, Robert S. Westman, The Wittich Connection: Conflict and Priority in Late Sixteenth-Century Cosmology, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 78, No. 7 (1988), pp. i-viii+1-148
HeavensThree Imperial Mathematicians: Kepler Trapped between Tycho Brahe and Ursus. Edward Rosen
La préface de copernic au pape: Esthétique humaniste et réforme de l'église
(1987). La preface de copernic au pape: Esthetique humaniste et reforme de l'eglise. History and Technology: Vol. 4, Science: The Renaissance of a History, pp. 365-384
Science in the Middle Ages
On Communication and Cultural Change The Printing Press as an Agent of Change: Communications and Cultural Transformations in Early-Modern Europe . Elizabeth L. Eisenstein
The Astronomer's Role in the Sixteenth Century: A Preliminary Study
Le role de l'astronome selon Osiander et Copernic, l'astronome a l'universite et a la cour. La reforme de l'universite par Ramus, Savile et Clavius. Tycho Brahe
Caspar Peucer's Library: Portrait of a Wittenberg Professor of the Mid-Sixteenth Century. Robert Kolb
The Copernican Achievement
The Scientific World of Copernicus. On the Occasion of the 500th Anniversay of His Birth, 1473-1973 . Barbara Bieńkowska , Christina Cenkalska
The Melanchthon Circle, Rheticus, and the Wittenberg Interpretation of the Copernican Theory
The Experimenters: A Study of the Accademia del Cimento
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Kepler's theory of hypothesis and the ‘realist dilemma’
The Astronomer's Role in the Sixteenth Century: A Preliminary Study
Le role de l'astronome selon Osiander et Copernic, l'astronome a l'universite et a la cour. La reforme de l'universite par Ramus, Savile et Clavius. Tycho Brahe
The Melanchthon Circle, Rheticus, and the Wittenberg Interpretation of the Copernican Theory
Two Cultures or One: A Second Look at Kuhn's The Copernican Revolution
Kepler's theory of hypothesis and the ‘realist dilemma’
The Wittich Connection: Conflict and Priority in Late Sixteenth-Century Cosmology
Owen Gingerich, Robert S. Westman, The Wittich Connection: Conflict and Priority in Late Sixteenth-Century Cosmology, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 78, No. 7 (1988), pp. i-viii+1-148
Science in the Middle Ages
La préface de copernic au pape: Esthétique humaniste et réforme de l'église
(1987). La preface de copernic au pape: Esthetique humaniste et reforme de l'eglise. History and Technology: Vol. 4, Science: The Renaissance of a History, pp. 365-384
A Copernican Renaissance
Reappraisals of the Scientific Revolution
Kepler's theory of hypothesis and the ‘realist dilemma’
The Experimenters: A Study of the Accademia del Cimento
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Copernican Achievement
The Scientific World of Copernicus. On the Occasion of the 500th Anniversay of His Birth, 1473-1973 . Barbara Bieńkowska , Christina Cenkalska
The Melanchthon Circle, Rheticus, and the Wittenberg Interpretation of the Copernican Theory
Caspar Peucer's Library: Portrait of a Wittenberg Professor of the Mid-Sixteenth Century. Robert Kolb
On Communication and Cultural Change The Printing Press as an Agent of Change: Communications and Cultural Transformations in Early-Modern Europe . Elizabeth L. Eisenstein
The Astronomer's Role in the Sixteenth Century: A Preliminary Study
Le role de l'astronome selon Osiander et Copernic, l'astronome a l'universite et a la cour. La reforme de l'universite par Ramus, Savile et Clavius. Tycho Brahe
Science in the Middle Ages
La préface de copernic au pape: Esthétique humaniste et réforme de l'église
(1987). La preface de copernic au pape: Esthetique humaniste et reforme de l'eglise. History and Technology: Vol. 4, Science: The Renaissance of a History, pp. 365-384
The Wittich Connection: Conflict and Priority in Late Sixteenth-Century Cosmology
Owen Gingerich, Robert S. Westman, The Wittich Connection: Conflict and Priority in Late Sixteenth-Century Cosmology, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 78, No. 7 (1988), pp. i-viii+1-148
HeavensThree Imperial Mathematicians: Kepler Trapped between Tycho Brahe and Ursus. Edward Rosen
The Duhemian historiographical project
Astrologi hallucinati: Stars and the End of the World in Luther's Time. Paola Zambelli
Reappraisals of the Scientific Revolution
Two Cultures or One: A Second Look at Kuhn's The Copernican Revolution
Cremonini e Galilei inquisiti a Padova nel 1604: Nuovi documenti d'archivio. Antonino Poppi
Eloge: Amos Funkenstein, 9 March 1937-11 November 1995
Le monde des sphères. Volume 1: Genèse et triomphe d'une représentation cosmique . Michel-Pierre Lerner Le monde des sphères. Volume 2: La fin du cosmos classique . Michel-Pierre Lerner
Thinking Impossibilities: The Intellectual Legacy of Amos Funkenstein
Reply to Michael Shank
A Copernican Renaissance
In Reply
How Did Copernicus Become a Copernican
Considerable historiographical controversy surrounds the question of why and how Copernicus decided to overturn the prevailing Earth-centered representation of the heavens. This essay summarizes some key elements of an explanation first laid out in The Copernican Question: Prognostication, Skepticism, and Celestial Order (2011) and subsequently expanded with further evidence in Copernicus and the Astrologers (2016). Copernicus's defining problem …
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