Manipulating the Sun - (Nuncius) (Hardcover)

Name: Manipulating the Sun - (Nuncius) (Hardcover)
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This volume puts two biblical miracles - the Sun reversing its course in II Kings 20:8-11/Isaiah 38:8 (Horologium Ahaz) and the Sun standing still in Joshua 10:12 -, in the early modern period centre stage.
340 Pages
Science, History
Series Name: Nuncius

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About the Book

The first interdisciplinary approach to the multi-faceted role of the prominent biblical miracles of the Sun reversing its course in II Kings 20:8-11/Isaiah 38:8 (Horologium Ahas) and the Sun standing still in Joshua 10:12 in Early Modern exegesis, arts and sciences.

Book Synopsis

This volume puts two biblical miracles - the Sun reversing its course in II Kings 20:8-11/Isaiah 38:8 (Horologium Ahaz) and the Sun standing still in Joshua 10:12 -, in the early modern period centre stage. We pay special attention to the development of related imagery, their role as anti-Copernican arguments (in text and image), their reception, their treatment in the mathematical sciences, and their various cultural layers, with a focus on the history of art and the history of science in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The material discussed spreads from rather prosaic mathematical reflections to highly appealing visual representations of the two miracles.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.3 Inches (H) x 6.1 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.19 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 340

Genre: Science

Sub-Genre: History

Series Title: Nuncius

Publisher: Brill

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Street Date: December 21, 2023

TCIN: 1007270235

UPC: 9789004471887

Item Number (DPCI): 247-48-8879

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship weight: 1.19 pounds

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